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... Medina: I think that the most critical thing that our community and our elected officials can do is really think about, not only increasing the housing stock, but making sure that there's affordable housing, and a significant amount of it. Cat Wise: For construction worker Agustin Aguilera, the promise ...
... fact, interfere with environmental disaster. So, it's a tradeoff that they have made in Houston that has led to the fact that there is affordable housing, even though it might be next to a machine shop and a junkyard. MILES O'BRIEN: It seems we prefer to fund the ...
... Miami. Reducing exposure now This alarming trend points to a need for more awareness, education and communication about flood risk, especially in inland counties. More affordable housing in nonflood zones and strategies to mitigate floods are also needed, especially inland. Why would people move to inland flood zone areas? Some ...
... homes as well. And there's one more idea: that each should look and feel different. REV. FAITH FOWLER: So often when you're considering affordable housing, it's ugly. JEFFREY BROWN: Yes, yes. REV. FAITH FOWLER: It's a box, or a rectangle. It's identical. There's no ...
... Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon agreed to advance a package of housing bills. They said it would include a bond and permanent funding source for subsidized housing — a top priority for many Democratic lawmakers — as well as regulatory changes that make it easier for developers to build affordable housing, one of ...
... each weekday during most of the summer break. After that first stop in Plattsmouth, it's off to a public library, followed by a public housing project, then onto an affordable housing development, areas where more than half of children quality for free and reduced-price lunch, although anyone is ...
... money to form partnerships with local businesses and government agencies. Those alliances, in turn, helped bring more than $250 million in infrastructure, community health centers, affordable housing, environmental cleanups and job training to the area. Trump’s budget proposal would effectively eliminate the office and the $2 million it takes ...
... Legislature to raise gas prices to pay for road and bridge projects through a tax hike. Next up: Fulfilling a pledge to tackle California's affordable housing crisis when lawmakers head back to the Capitol in August. After that, he will keep promoting an ambitious slate of climate policies in ...
Hawaii leads the nation in its rate of homelessness, which affects about 505 out of every 100,000 people there and is a major toll on its health care system. But just last month, the state announced a slight decrease in this ratio for the first time in eight years. NewsHour Weekend correspondent Megan Thompson reports...
Campaigning has ended in the fiercely contested general election in the United Kingdom, a political battle overshadowed by two recent terrorist attacks. Polls suggest Prime Minister Theresa May will win against her opponent Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and increase her majority going into Brexit negotiations. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports on what voters are...
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