Chicago mayor proposes 'biggest' plan in US to help low-income...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) proposed on Monday a “first-of-its-kind" multimillion-dollar monthly program to provide direct housing assistance low-income residents across the city. The $31.5...
View ArticlePandemic or not, it's time to make affordable housing a bipartisan priority
For millions of Americans, housing is a source of daunting insecurity. The economic dislocation caused by COVID-19 has only exacerbated housing affordability challenges that existed before the...
View ArticleThere's no denying the data: Rent control works
After decades on the defensive, the pro-rent control tenant movement is scoring significant wins despite having to battle constant misinformation from landlords, as recently published on this site....
View ArticleEquity must be a guidepost for Congress on reconciliation
The devastating health toll of COVID-19 caused the United States to shed a net total of nearly 10 million jobs in 2020: The worst annual employment figure in more than 80 years, hitting hardest those...
View ArticleSeizing a once in a lifetime opportunity to end homelessness in the US
The choices and the opportunities facing the nation in the economic package now being considered by Congress are unprecedented. Many of them — health, education, family leave, and others — are...
View ArticleAffordable housing is critical infrastructure — its funding doesn't show it
"It’s fascinating that we can target investment to corporate America, but when it comes to everyday folks who are struggling to make ends meet, we don’t have any money,” I told members of the House...
View ArticleUS laws exacerbated the homeless crisis — now, they can help to end it
Right now, as Congress negotiates cuts to President Biden’s initiative to Build Back Better, millions of Americans are without a stable — or any — place to live. Many critical provisions hang in the...
View ArticleBiden framework includes $150B for affordable housing
President Biden’s proposed climate change and social services bill is expected to include $150 billion for affordable housing creation and financial assistance, elating supporters who feared it would...
View ArticleBlack Caucus emerges as winner in spending package
The $1.75 trillion framework agreement for President Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan represents a significant victory for Black lawmakers, who have been adamant that promises made to Black communities...
View ArticleUniversal Section 8 and Fair Housing enforcement: A formula for housing...
Housing is foundational to a just and equitable recovery. Relief programs for the millions of people whose livelihoods have been upended by COVID-19—rental assistance, eviction moratoria, and...
View ArticleThanks to Manchin, BBB's housing provisions are dead — and should stay...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) effectively killed the Build Back Better Act (BBB) and, fortunately for American taxpayers, its numerous misguided housing proposals likely are gone along with it. The bill’s...
View ArticleBuild Back Better can restore what's been gutted from US housing
Democrats and Republicans alike have called Build Back Better “transformative,” albeit with different meanings and implications. So have many advocates, myself included, and some of the bill’s...
View ArticleBuild Back Better means historic investments in Latino communities
Latino communities have been overlooked and underserved for years, from a lack of affordable health care and housing to costly child care. Data from the 2020 Census shows that Latinos are the...
View ArticleHalper: Headlines on Dave Chappelle are 'misleading'
Dave Chappelle is receiving pushback after threatening to pull his businesses out of Yellow Springs, Ohio, should the village council pass a zoning ordinance that included dozens of affordable housing...
View ArticleAmazon awards $82M in loans for affordable housing near Metro stops
Amazon announced on Tuesday that it would be awarding close to $82 million in loans for affordable housing construction near two Metro stops in the Washington, D.C., area.The retail giant said it would...
View ArticleMacKenzie Scott makes largest donation since vow to give away most of her wealth
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has donated $436 million to Habitat for Humanity International and 84 of its U.S. affiliates, making it her largest publicly disclosed...
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