Tag: housing
What community land trusts can do for racial equity
"Community land trusts are a form of permanently affordable housing based on shared equity."
Millions facing eviction and joblessness get no immediate help from Trump’s...
Under Trump’s order, unemployed workers would continue receiving an additional $400 a week, but only once states put up a quarter of the money and set up a new system to distribute the payments.
Senate GOP slammed for allowing eviction moratorium to expire, putting millions...
"As a result of the Senate's failure to act, then leaving town, millions of vulnerable renters now stand on the brink of homelessness."
Bailout for the American people: Rep. Ilhan Omar introduces Rent and...
"In 2008, we bailed out Wall Street. This time, it's time to bail out the American people who are suffering."
Denver non-profit converts former hotel into affordable housing for homeless
“This really shows what we can do when we get creative about problem solving and affordable housing.”
Compassion versus greed
Why do we permit investors to latch on to apartments and neither live in them nor put them up for rent?
In an unequal America, empathy, not just housing, has become too...
Empathy for the plight of the homeless, meanwhile, is withering away, particularly among society’s most fortunate, as the social distance between that top and the rest of society widens.
The first guaranteed basic income program designed for single black moms
The Magnolia Mothers Trust is the first of its kind that specifically targets single Black mothers.
Comic: The upside of crowded living
What I went through to find a place to live in the fifth most expensive city for renting.
Renters get one step closer to home ownership with this innovative...
A Cincinnati nonprofit works to give renters a reason to stay and invest in their homes.
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GOP-led states risk leaving 10 million children hungry by rejecting $1.14 billion summer food...
Twelve Republican-led states face a January 1 deadline to join the Summer EBT program, a lifeline for millions of hungry kids, as advocates urge governors to act amid rising food insecurity and economic challenges.
More than 120 House Democrats urge Biden to ratify Equal Rights Amendment as deadline...
Lawmakers push President Joe Biden to finalize a constitutional ban on sex discrimination while Republicans invoke past deadlines to stall progress.
Trump’s Cabinet picks aren’t just unqualified and inexperienced—they’re morally bankrupt
While every president has a right to select their own Cabinet appointees, the Senate also has the Constitutional authority to decide whether each nominee is fit to serve.
6 fracking Billionaires and climate denial groups behind Trump’s cabinet
Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.
Endo’s end around: How one of the nation’s largest opioid makers escaped a $7...
Endo “came with a strategy purposely intended to reduce payments to opioid victims."