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Will This Bill Save or Scuttle California's Builder's Remedy?

Plus: Sen. John Fetterman introduces a new zoning reform bill, U.C. Berkeley finally beats the NIMBYs in court, and Austin's unwise "equity overlay."

Reason

Wealthy residents of Chicago may live 30 years longer than poorer ones. Can a new mayor help close the gap?

Brandon Johnson promised to tackle the city’s legacy of environmental racism, with communities of color facing disproportionate climate risks

The Guardian - US

Nonprofits take a hit in House earmark rules - Roll Call

New House Appropriations earmark rules will ban funding for nonprofits in a social service grant program run by HUD.

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Costly Complexity

The needless complexity of affordable housing programs are hurting people they're supposed to help.

Reason

Cole eyes axing HUD earmarks for nonprofit organizations - Roll Call

Rep. Tom Cole is considering blocking nonprofits from receiving House earmarks under HUD's Economic Development Initiative grant program.

Roll Call

Rents are high and housing vouchers are hard to get. So Philly is giving renters cash

The pilot program chose people on the city's long waitlist for housing vouchers to test how much direct cash payments can help. HUD, the federal housing agency, is interested in the possibility.

WEKU

Biden To Nominate New Housing Chief As Fudge Departs

President Biden to nominate new HUD chief after Marcia Fudge's departure, highlighting housing and urban development priorities.

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U.S. Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down this month

Fudge, 71, is one of the few cabinet members to leave the Biden administration so far, and will return home to Ohio. She says affordable housing is a bipartisan challenge that needs more funding.

WEKU

Marcia Fudge becomes second Cabinet secretary to leave Biden team - Roll Call

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge is leaving the administration, only the second Cabinet secretary to quit Team Biden.

Roll Call

The Feds Give States Millions To Fix Homelessness, but States Are Sending It Back

Bureaucratic ineptitude leads to waste—and more people on the streets.

Reason

Urgent Need for Rent Help? Here's Your Guide to Assistance Programs

Everything you need to know about federal and local rent relief programs

Latin Times

ACLU Sues Ronald McDonald House for Refusing To House People Convicted of Assault

The ACLU's lawsuit is filed on behalf of a New York man whose application to stay in a Ronald McDonald House was denied because of his 12-year-old felony assault conviction.

Reason

SCOTUS could ramp up war on the homeless

Kentucky is currently considering making lethal force against unhoused people legal

Salon

HUD Refuses To Release Secretary Marcia Fudge's Email Address in Response to Reason FOIA Request

Cabinet officials often use pseudonymous email accounts, but declaring them secret from records requests is another matter altogether.

Reason

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Six years after Hurricane Harvey, the city of Houston still hasn’t allocated $200 million in relief funds

Both the state and the city of Houston say they want to work together to help pay down the remaining funds.

The Guardian - US

California’s homelessness crisis is the worst in the US. But who is struggling the most?

Experts say lack of affordable housing in state is the main cause, worsened by expiration of pandemic programs that added shelter

Reason

California Officials Force Elderly Couple To Dismantle Home, Citing Blocked Ocean Views

Plus: Austin's newly passed zoning reforms could be in legal jeopardy, HUD releases its latest census of the homeless population, and a little-discussed Florida reform is spurring a wave of home construction.

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US Homelessness Soars to Historic Levels, HUD Report Reveals

A grim report reveals a surge in US homelessness to its highest level to date, a stark result of crushing rent prices and diminishing pandemic aid.

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USAFacts’ 10 most-read articles of 2023

The reports USAFacts readers loved the most in 2023.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago wrongly limited affordable housing with aldermanic prerogative, HUD says

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is being asked to enter talks for an “informal resolution” of an almost five-year civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

WEKU

The answer to veterans homelessness could be one of LA's most expensive neighborhoods

A massive VA campus in West Los Angeles is finally housing hundreds of vets, and may finally change the city's worst-in-the-nation status on veterans homelessness.

USAFacts

How does the government support people with Section 8 housing?

The Department of Housing and Urban Development offers two rental assistance programs for low-income Americans under Section 8 housing — Project-Based Rental Assistance and Housing Choice Vouchers.

Reason

House GOP Threatens To Kill 'Baby YIMBY Grant' Program After First Year

The Democrat-controlled Senate meanwhile is proposing to expand the program.

Reason

Cities Want 'YIMBY Grants' To Pay for Bureaucratic Busy Work

Cities are asking for federal zoning-reform dollars to pay for plans that might never pass.

Reason

The Federal Government Spent $3.3 Billion on Office Furniture as Employees Worked From Home

The Department of Defense spent $1.2 billion on furniture between 2020 and 2022, although it only uses 23 percent of its office space.

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