• Affordable housing threatened as Trump halts $1 billion program to extend life of aging buildings

    Affordable housing threatened as Trump halts $1 billion program to extend life of aging buildings

    Mar 12, 2025 10:36 PM EDT

    ... As for Smith Tower, if the money doesn’t arrive, “we will certainly seek other funding to fill that gap,” said Travis Phillips of the Housing Development Center. “The reality is that will take time and will inevitably make the project more expensive.” It’s the position several hundred other ...

  • Trump vows to lure foreign companies to U.S. as Harris pushes affordable housing plan

    Trump vows to lure foreign companies to U.S. as Harris pushes affordable housing plan

    Sep 24, 2024 10:45 PM EDT

    ... with her plan focused on lowering costs for middle-class families.While campaigning in Wisconsin this week, she spoke to Wisconsin Public Radio about her affordable housing plan. Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States (D) and U.S. Presidential Candidate: I understand and have as part of my ...

  • Why lower-income renters in Austin are struggling to find affordable housing

    Why lower-income renters in Austin are struggling to find affordable housing

    Jun 22, 2024 09:40 PM EDT

    ... is not increasing in the same way. So the affordability, I would say it's actually going the opposite way like it's getting less affordable for regular working class people in Austin. Blair Waltman-Alexin: So when the MFI increases, the amount landlords can charge for affordable housing also ...

  • Can this innovative housing model help solve California’s affordable housing crisis?

    Can this innovative housing model help solve California’s affordable housing crisis?

    Dec 11, 2021 09:14 PM EDT

    ... California CLT secured a loan to buy the house, allowing Foreman to stay. And now she has the option to purchase the home at an affordable price.  Jocelyn Foreman: I didn't have a dime. I didn't have a dime. I had no savings. What I did was hard ...

  • How zoning can restrict, or even prevent, affordable housing

    How zoning can restrict, or even prevent, affordable housing

    Jan 30, 2021 10:09 PM EDT

    ... after years of litigation, an appellate judge ruled that safety concerns “...the commission raised do not outweigh Fairfield's long time and admitted need for affordable housing.” With that approval, Freedman hopes to start construction on this project in the next year or so. Richard Freedman: Long ago many towns ...

  • Booker's affordable housing plan includes tax credit, zoning changes

    Booker's affordable housing plan includes tax credit, zoning changes

    Jun 05, 2019 02:00 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker has released a housing proposal that includes a tax credit designed to help make rentals more affordable plus zoning changes and new funding aimed at boosting construction of units for low-income renters. The New Jersey senator's plan was released Wednesday and ...

  • To keep their artists, cities explore affordable housing

    To keep their artists, cities explore affordable housing

    Feb 05, 2017 04:55 PM EDT

    ... can then cycle that money into other development projects, she said. “Repurposing public land and facilities brings down development costs so that we can make housing more affordable,” Lee said. Andreanecia Morris, executive director of the nonprofit HousingNOLA, said it is crucial for the city to look for financing beyond ...

  • Tent cities rise amid affordable housing shortage in Silicon Valley

    Tent cities rise amid affordable housing shortage in Silicon Valley

    Dec 09, 2014 02:14 AM EDT

    ... state redevelopment funds in 2011. RAY BRAMSON: With the distribution of redevelopment, we lost millions of dollars that we used to fund the development of affordable housing throughout the community. Those dollars are gone. SCOTT SHAFER: To help bridge the gap, San Jose's City Council last month passed a ...

  • NYC Mayor Mamdani wants to crack down on 'bad landlords.' First he has to find them

    NYC Mayor Mamdani wants to crack down on 'bad landlords.' First he has to find them

    Apr 03, 2026 02:05 PM EDT

    ... policy, not because of bad landlords.” He characterized the rental rip-off hearings as “show trials” that took a “tribal approach” to the city’s affordable housing crisis. Despite the combative branding — “New Yorkers vs. Bad Landlords,” blares one promotion — the Bronx event mostly resembled a standard constituent service night ...

  • Trump calls for a major increase in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic spending

    Trump calls for a major increase in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic spending

    Apr 03, 2026 01:16 PM EDT

    ... that states and local communities use to fund an array of projects intended mostly to help low-income communities through new parks, sewer systems and affordable housing. Lawmakers have also focused on ensuring the administration spends federal dollars as directed by Congress. This year’s spending bills contained what Sen ...