‘We Need to Start Calling These Folks Out by Name’ | The Nation
www.thenation.com/article/washington-dc-city-council-poverty-poor-peoples-campaign/ Mary Bolton 202-390-1208
How New Orleans Reduced Its Homeless Population By 90 Percent | Here & Now
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2019/02/19/new-orleans-reducing-homeless-hurricane-katrina Here & Now Jeremy Hobson How New Orleans Reduced Its Homeless Population By 90 Percent09:21 A homeless man in 2008 sleeps beneath Interstate 10 in New Orleans where hundreds of homeless people sleep each night. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Across the U.S., more than a half million people have been identified as homeless. This week, […]
Oregon Senators Pass 1st-In-Nation Statewide Rent Control . News | OPB
www.opb.org/news/article/rent-control-oregon-senate-pass/ Mary Bolton 202-390-1208
D.C. affordable housing: Some lawmakers want to reshape housing agency – Curbed DC
dc.curbed.com/2019/2/11/18220777/dc-affordable-housing-authority-council-local-control Hoping for improvements, lawmakers consider restructuring D.C.’s public housing authority Two proposals would give the District more control over the independent agency than it has now Andrew Giambrone Feb 11, 2019, 6:03pm EST The D.C. Housing Authority headquarters, at 1133 North Capitol St. NE (2009) Cliff/Wikimedia Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0) Many of the […]
Joining Loans and Policy Grants to Get More Affordable Housing in the Bay Area — Shelterforce
shelterforce.org/2019/02/04/joining-loans-and-policy-grants-to-get-more-affordable-housing-in-the-bay-area/ Joining Loans and Policy Grants to Get More Affordable Housing in the Bay Area February 4, 2019 San Francisco. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, IIP Photo Archive, Library of Congress In August 2016, there was a rumor that the philanthropy the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) was looking to make moves to address affordable housing. […]
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The city with no homeless on its streets – BBC News
www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-england-46891392?__twitter_impression=true The city with no homeless on its streets Can the UK learn from Finland’s approach to tackling homelessness? The number of people sleeping rough in the UK has multiplied since 2010. But in Finland’s capital Helsinki rough sleeping has been almost eradicated thanks to a groundbreaking scheme. What can cities in the UK learn […]
Amazon’s Arrival Should Force Real Action On Affordable Housing, Advocates Say | WAMU
wamu.org/story/19/01/30/amazons-arrival-should-force-real-action-on-affordable-housing-advocates-say/#.XFY2e6ROnYV Amazon’s Arrival Should Force Real Action On Affordable Housing, Advocates Say Housing advocates in Northern Virginia are sounding an alarm: With Amazon on its way to Arlington, local leaders need to seriously commit to creating and preserving more affordable homes in the area. “The announcement by Amazon that Crystal City was selected for HQ2 […]
Making Housing Affordable Across Generations – The Kojo Nnamdi Show
thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2019-01-30/making-housing-affordable-across-generations Mary Bolton 202-390-1208
Amazon’s Arrival Should Force Real Action On Affordable Housing, Advocates Say | WAMU
wamu.org/story/19/01/30/amazons-arrival-should-force-real-action-on-affordable-housing-advocates-say/#.XFSr16ROnYU Amazon’s Arrival Should Force Real Action On Affordable Housing, Advocates Say Housing advocates in Northern Virginia are sounding an alarm: With Amazon on its way to Arlington, local leaders need to seriously commit to creating and preserving more affordable homes in the area. “The announcement by Amazon that Crystal City was selected for HQ2 […]