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“For many areas, given the severe, pre-existing lack of affordable housing in these areas and the nature of where disasters tend to strike, you see significant increases in homelessness,” he added. On top of that, each community is its own market, and a disaster in one community simultaneously ...
... dozens of job applications, her family left the capital region and moved to the Seattle area. She now works for a nonprofit that focuses on affordable housing. It is meaningful, but she misses the institute, its mission and her team. Liz Callihan, who worked in communications at USIP, has applied ...
... landlords will pay off their Section 515 loans. Unless the government reinvigorates the program or replaces it with something else, much of rural America’s affordable rental housing could gradually disappear as owners convert all Section 515 properties to market-rate housing. Whether rural communities retain affordable housing will depend ...
... regulations that require environmental reviews and inspections. It also lifts a limit on a grant for emergency shelter beds and street homelessness outreach. As many affordable housing developers are leaning on manufactured and modular homes that can be transported to areas that need housing, the legislation also would eliminate the ...
... Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, said in a statement in advance of his trip. “Now we’ve got to keep that momentum going and pass my affordable housing bill, deliver for Iowa’s energy producers, and bring down costs for working families.” Trump’s affordability tour has taken him to Michigan ...
Maya Wiley, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, one of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights coalitions, said the Trump administration's priorities make clear it is actively trying to erase the movement. “From health care access and affordable housing to good ...
... on the rich — aren't radical at all. “In the richest country in the history of the world, making sure that people can live in affordable housing is not radical,” he told the crowd. “It is the right and decent thing to do.” In opening remarks, U.S. Rep. Alexandria ...
... from the state or other businesses, or fund projects aimed at offsetting their emissions. Money the state receives from the sales funds climate-change mitigation, affordable housing and transportation projects, as well as utility bill credits for Californians. The rail authority said its shift in focus away from federal funding ...
... 2016. As Florida’s second-largest city, Miami is considered the gateway to Latin America and attracts millions of tourists. Its global prominence gives Higgins a significant stage as mayor. Her pitch to voters included finding city-owned land that could be turned into affordable housing and cutting unnecessary spending.
... outside Boston that has long been a destination for new immigrants. The 6,000-student Chelsea Public Schools system has attracted Central Americans looking for affordable housing, and more recently, the state housed newly-arrived Haitians in shelters there. This year, the usual influx of newcomers didn't materialize. "This ...
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