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  • Federal housing assistance shrinks as rental prices, homelessness reach historic highs

    Federal housing assistance shrinks as rental prices, homelessness reach historic highs

    Mar 18, 2024 10:25 PM EDT

    ... Stephanie Sy: Ben Maritz is a landlord who owns about 900 affordable apartment units in the city. Ben Maritz: We have built a lot of housing, especially the kind of kind of -- kind of basic low-frills housing, like what you're seeing here, that is a very good fit ...

  • Housing and Urban Development head Fudge announces resignation for late March

    Housing and Urban Development head Fudge announces resignation for late March

    Mar 11, 2024 05:05 PM EDT

    ... tenure at HUD had “surpassed all expectations,” and he praised her for helping Americans navigate the economic ravages of the coronavirus pandemic while prioritizing affordable housing policies. Dworkin called Fudge a steadfast advocate for equitable housing policies, saying she championed initiatives aimed at "alleviating homelessness, expanding access to affordable housing ...

  • China seeks ways to revive slowing economy and salvage housing market as annual congress convenes

    China seeks ways to revive slowing economy and salvage housing market as annual congress convenes

    Mar 04, 2024 07:58 PM EDT

    ... more and you don’t consume it, then you need trade surpluses to absorb it,” Pettis said. Some Chinese localities are trying another approach, creating affordable housing programs that invest in unoccupied apartments. Such a move can counter growing inequality and free up more income for spending. “I think it ...

  • Black Americans' significant economic and civil rights progress threatened, report says

    Black Americans' significant economic and civil rights progress threatened, report says

    Mar 02, 2024 01:11 AM EDT

    ... report, however, broadly approves of Biden's policy agenda. A record-low Black unemployment rate, as well as efforts to expand health-care access and affordable housing for Black Americans are signs of progress, the authors wrote. Still, the “political opposition” that blocked the enactment of policies considered top priorities ...

  • Half of American renters pay more than 30% of income on housing, study shows

    Half of American renters pay more than 30% of income on housing, study shows

    Feb 08, 2024 11:30 PM EDT

    ... who are severely cost burdened and those who are not cost burdened. So there's certainly tradeoffs that are involved when you live in unaffordable housing. This year, we have also seen a record high number of people who are experiencing homelessness. And so certainly this lack of affordable housing ...

  • St. Paul makes history as 1st major U.S. city to elect all-female city council

    St. Paul makes history as 1st major U.S. city to elect all-female city council

    Feb 08, 2024 11:25 PM EDT

    ... be doing is getting work done for our communities. Fred De Sam Lazaro: On the new council's to-do list, tackling a lack of affordable housing in the city, a task that may include changes to the city's rent control ordinance. And the council is responsible for passing ...

  • Some New Hampshire residents want better answers from the 2024 candidates on the opioid crisis

    Some New Hampshire residents want better answers from the 2024 candidates on the opioid crisis

    Jan 18, 2024 02:08 AM EDT

    ... not an expert in any way on how controlling the border is going to help,” she said. “What I do know is helping people have affordable health care, affordable housing, and basic rights and support is what will help here in New Hampshire.” Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who ...

  • Billionaire backers of new California city reveal map and details of proposed development

    Billionaire backers of new California city reveal map and details of proposed development

    Jan 18, 2024 12:09 AM EDT

    ... voters. Jan Sramek, the former Goldman Sachs trader spearheading the effort, will speak Wednesday about his plans to create a walkable California city flush with affordable housing and jobs on what's now mostly farmland. His California Forever company needs approval from Solano County voters to bypass protections put in ...

  • Lai Ching-te wins Taiwan's presidential election amid strong opposition from China

    Lai Ching-te wins Taiwan's presidential election amid strong opposition from China

    Jan 13, 2024 04:56 PM EDT

    ... for once again demonstrating the strength of their robust democratic system and electoral process. Besides the China tensions, domestic issues such as the dearth of affordable housing and stagnating wages have dominated the campaign. For Tony Chen, a 74-year-old retiree who voted in Taipei in the hour before ...

  • The Supreme Court will decide whether local anti-homeless laws are 'cruel and unusual'

    The Supreme Court will decide whether local anti-homeless laws are 'cruel and unusual'

    Jan 12, 2024 08:52 PM EDT

    ... more recently become more common across the U.S. The federal count of homeless people reached 580,000 last year, driven by a lack of affordable housing, a pandemic that economically wrecked households, and a lack of access to mental health and addiction treatment. The 9th Circuit rulings “have contributed ...

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