housing

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5gjk/nycs-widespread-homeless-sweeps-resulted-in-3-people-with-permanent-housing-report A city audit reveals that sweeps encompassing over 2,000 people have largely failed to transition the unhoused into permanent housing. By Roshan Abraham June 29, 2023...

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/05/zoning-laws-nuclear-modern-family-definition/674117/ Across America, some places still outlaw living with people who aren’t your relatives. By Michael Waters Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: Shutterstock; Getty. MAY 22...

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-12-13/cecil-hotel-homeless-housing-struggles Brent Fode and his dog TaterTot are now living at the Cecil Hotel. Even with solid funding and the best of intentions, the Cecil project to provide housing for homeless Angelenos has struggled to overcome...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/08/maxwell-frost-florida-gen-z-dc-housing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Florida Democrat Maxwell Frost says he incurred debt from his campaign and was recently denied an apartment for poor credit Martin Pengelly @MartinPengelly Thu 8 Dec 2022 22.24 GMT...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/02/us/solar-babcock-ranch-florida-hurricane-ian-climate/index.html By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Updated 11:53 AM EDT, Sun October 2, 2022 The Babcock Ranch solar array, which is run by Florida Power and Light. Jeff Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mississippi-will-send-back-cash-federal-rental-aid-program-even-renter-rcna42547 "It’s a slap in the face. It’s very insulting and degrading. You’re just not being sensitive to people’s needs and understanding it," said a renter in the program. A man...

https://bronx.news12.com/rent-for-nyc-apartments-to-see-price-hike-following-board-decision This is wack. A LOT of folks going to be affected by this.

Currently looking at the possibility of a co-op and wanted to know if anyone on the forum has ever dealt with one and what have their experiences been like.

‘Brutal,’ ‘crazy’ housing market has Seattle-area homes selling half-million over asking price January 24, 2022 at 10:14 pm PST By Deedee Sun, KIRO 7 News SEATTLE — A wild housing market is forcing many Seattle-area home buyers to pay $300,000 to $500,000 over asking price — in some cases...

60-unit housing complex with rents as low as $465 opens in Fontana – San Bernardino Sun Sierra Fountains houses those who earn between 30% and 60% of the area median income Sierra Fountains, a new $23 million development in Fontana, is expected to help 60 working families attain housing. The...

https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/weird/burned-house-selling-as-is-for-400k/67-f53a327c-7927-4804-b29c-f8b50a6de2b4 The online listing for the burned three-bedroom, 1,800 square foot home says it is in need of complete renovation and is being sold as is. MELROSE, Mass. — If you thought the...

Portland setting up villages for homeless with heat and electricity “I know that Portlanders will welcome these villagers in their neighborhoods as we work to support unhoused residents as a community,” City Commissioner Dan Ryan said. By Jenna Romaine | Oct. 1, 2021 Portland setting up...

Austin expected to become least-affordable metro for homebuyers outside of California A Zillow study predicts that Austin will fall down in affordability ranks by December. AUSTIN, Texas — Austin is now the seventh least-affordable city in the US, according to a recent Zillow affordability...

Original thread No new friends: Democrats Want To Help Banks Hide Racial Discrimination In Mortgages -------------------------------------------------- splinternews.com/democrats-are-trying-to-help-the-banks-racially-discrim-1823427155 "When banks do offer mortgages to black and Hispanic...

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5a96e489e4b0e6a523042fc8/amp "Tim Kaine isn’t shy about his work as a fair housing lawyer. When he ran as the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee in 2016, the Virginia senator routinely touted his past pro bono efforts to help low-income families deal...

Takes place in Dallas, but works the same way in other states. It is a very good breakdown. Very,very disgraceful

Study predicts huge and growing gulf between white US households and everyone else could be disastrous for future of America’s middle class. I dare not pass this knowledge down to my kids’: Mysia Hamilton with her five sons. Photograph courtesy Mysia Hamilton Growing up in the projects of...

In 1974, my 22-year-old mam walked into a three-bedroom house in a new town in Scotland. She was a hairdresser, newly married and had no children at this point. She was over the moon at the space, the garden, the playground out the front that she could envisage her future children playing in. It...