Wealthy Connecticut Residents Received Millions in Federal Dollars After Hurricane Sandy It shouldn't be the federal government's responsibility to protect wealthy homeowners from the inevitable. Reason · Dec 29, 2022
On Florida's Gulf Coast, developers eye properties ravaged by Hurricane Ian With more than 35,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Lee County, Fla., residents are concerned about housing affordability – and changes to their communities – as developers become involved. WEKU · Dec 21, 2022
Congress' $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill Includes a Baby 'YIMBY' Grant Program It needs some work. Reason · Dec 20, 2022
New HUD Report Shows Steady Pandemic-Era Increase in Unsheltered Homeless Population The overall homeless population stayed basically flat from 2020 to 2022. But the number of people sleeping on the streets increased 3.4 percent. Reason · Dec 19, 2022
Biden administration plans to cut homelessness 25% by 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. — As the Bay Area struggles with the ever-worsening crisis of people sleeping in tents and vehicles, the Biden administration has set an ambitious new goal to reduce homelessness by 25% in the next two years. Tribune News Service · Dec 19, 2022
Half of community moved after Katrina After Hurricane Katrina devastated St. Bernard Parish, many residents didn’t receive enough money to rebuild Salon · Dec 13, 2022
D.C.'s 'Green New Deal for Housing' Is Doomed Before It Begins Social housing supporters hope that the city can get city-owned, city-operated housing right with a new office, a more expansive mission, and different branding. Reason · Dec 2, 2022
Army's unexploded bombs plague Hawaii The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is leading the remediation effort, has been plagued by shoddy work Salon · Nov 29, 2022
More transparency is needed on soccer facility plan Chicago housing officials have yet to disclose key details of the plan to lease valuable land to the Chicago Fire for a soccer practice facility, according to a new ProPublica report. Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2022
The plan to protect NYC from storms The “Big U” shows how climate adaptation can succeed. It also shows how hard it is Salon · Oct 30, 2022
Lawmakers, advocates eye year-end bills for housing credit WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and advocates are eyeing year-end legislation as vehicles to expand a low-income housing construction incentive as opportunities dwindle to address a growing affordability crisis before the next Congress. Tribune News Service · Oct 25, 2022
Lawmakers, advocates eye year-end bills for housing credit - Roll Call Lawmakers and housing advocates are eyeing year-end legislation to expand a low-income housing tax credit to support affordable housing. Roll Call · Oct 25, 2022
Lightfoot, feds in talks over environmental racism probe The move heads off a potential battle with federal housing officials who are calling for a change of zoning and land-use practices that they say put polluters in Chicago’s communities of color. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 20, 2022
New Report Reveals Uninhabitable Units, Shocking Incompetence at D.C. Public Housing Authority D.C officials are calling for sweeping reforms to D.C. Housing Authority's governance, or even a federal takeover, in the wake of a damning new report. Reason · Oct 10, 2022
The Conversation · Oct 4, 2022 Recovery from a disaster like Hurricane Ian takes years, and nonprofits play many pivotal roles before and after FEMA aid runs out Massive storms like Ian and Fiona mark the beginning of a long and frustrating process for anyone who loses their home and possessions.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 2, 2022 Los Angeles agencies returned $150 million in federal funds to house homeless people LOS ANGELES — Nearly $150 million worth of federal grants to the three main housing agencies working to reduce homelessness in Greater Los Angeles went unspent between 2015 and 2020, as the number of unhoused people soared.
Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 23, 2022 Lightfoot disputes feds’ environmental racism claims, Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty and more in your Chicago news roundup Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.
Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 23, 2022 Lightfoot to Biden administration on environmental racism claims: See you in court “If a voluntary resolution can’t be reached, HUD may initiate administrative proceedings or refer this matter to the U.S. Department of Justice for enforcement,” the agency says.
Al Jazeera · Aug 29, 2022 The New Orleans elderly community ‘left to die’ after a hurricane After Ida made landfall on August 29, 2021, residents of a senior living facility were plunged into ’12 days of hell’.
The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022 HUD, Texas at odds over flood relief discrimination claim A deadline has passed with no resolution over whether Texas will settle a dispute over claims it discriminated against minority residents in how it distributed flood relief money from Hurricane Harvey
Salon · Aug 18, 2022 After the climate bill: Three big steps Biden's big bill is a breakthrough on energy — but there's a long way to go. These three steps should come next
Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 7, 2022 Why hasn’t mayor made good on promise to create Department of Environment? How is it possible to even begin to meet the city’s climate objectives without a dedicated Department of Environment to ensure that Chicago can even dream of being a leader on climate?
Tribune News Service · Aug 2, 2022 Factory-built homes could help solve housing crisis EUGENE, Ore. — As a boy in the late 1950s, Terry McDonald watched as workers built an 80,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in an industrial neighborhood on the west side of Eugene.
The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2022 HUD announces $2.8 billion in grants for homeless services The Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing $2.8 billion in fresh funding for homeless services organizations across the country
Los Angeles Times · Jul 28, 2022 Homeless people wait as Los Angeles lets thousands of federal housing vouchers go unused LOS ANGELES — Yolanda Robins’ dream was finally coming true.