The termination of grants to dozens of fair housing organizations threatens enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.
Housing and Urban Development
Posted inHousing
FIMBY: Finance in My Backyard
Local housing agencies can use revolving funds to fill financing gaps for homes that are cleared to be built but don’t have the capital investment to get it done.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Gavin Newsom’s Fraudulent Homelessness Agenda
The governor of California proposes to solve the problem by harassing people in circles.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Thinking Differently About Unhoused People and Their Pets
Housing advocates, animal shelters should strive to keep people and their animal companions together.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Junk Fee Fight Spreads to Rental Housing
Transparency in rental costs and action at the state level are bringing new vigor to attacking landlord rip-offs.
Posted inHousing
HUD Steps Forward on Junk Fees in Rental Housing
The Cabinet agency is presenting best practices for eliminating or limiting the worst overcharges.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Pat Toomey Blockades Biden’s Housing Nominees Amid Historic Rent Hikes
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is lacking vital staff during a crisis of housing affordability.
Posted inHousing
Want Affordable Housing? Strengthen Regional Governments.
Most Americans live in metropolitan areas, and it takes a metropolitan regional government to coordinate the growth in housing, transit, and employment that makes the region livable.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Build Back Better’s Housing Investments at Risk
The housing part of the reconciliation bill is transformative. All factions of the party support it. Will it survive the cut-down?
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: A Surprisingly Radical Housing Bill
Practically all the solutions to diminishing the high cost of housing, from nudges to public options, are present in the housing piece of the reconciliation bill.