As D.C. Weighs How to Fix Its Public Housing, Families Keep Getting Sicker
www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/housing-complex/article/21060618/as-dc-weighs-how-to-fix-its-public-housing-families-keep-getting-sicker?utm_source=Editorial+and+Events&utm_campaign=a168723153-EMA… As D.C. Weighs How to Fix Its Public Housing, Families Keep Getting Sicker “The weight of the world is on my shoulders in my household. … I don’t want to bury my child because of asthma.” Darrow MontgomeryAlina keeps going to the hospital. The 10-year-old resident of Greenleaf Gardens has a health diagnosis her […]
Participatory budgeting: When government really is by the people
thenextsystem.org/learn/stories/participatory-budgeting-when-government-really-people?mc_cid=9362003575&mc_eid=70d0504985 Mary Bolton 202-390-1208
Elizabeth Warren Wants to Break Wall Street’s Stranglehold on the Rental Housing Market – Pacific Standard
psmag.com/economics/elizabeth-warren-wants-to-break-wall-streets-stranglehold-on-the-rental-housing-market Mary Bolton 202-390-1208
Tiny House Villages in Seattle: An Efficient Response to Our Homelessness Crisis — Shelterforce
shelterforce.org/2019/03/15/tiny-house-villages-in-seattle-an-efficient-response-to-our-homelessness-crisis/ Tiny House Villages in Seattle: An Efficient Response to Our Homelessness Crisis March 15, 2019 Six tiny houses share a common deck in Lake Union Village. Photo courtesy of LIHI. In 2017, I wrote a piece for Shelterforce on Seattle’s then-emerging effort to build tiny houses to shelter homeless families, couples, and singles. Over […]
As D.C. leaders tout reforms, latest ethics scandal evokes city’s history of corruption – The Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/as-dc-leaders-tout-reforms-latest-ethics-scandal-evokes-citys-history-of-corruption/2019/03/22/bc6dd13e-4bf3-11e9-9663-00ac73f49662_story.html?utm_term=.d19… As D.C. leaders tout reforms, latest ethics scandal evokes city’s history of corruption Paul Schwartzman D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) expresses contrition as the D.C. Council votes to reprimand him on March 19, 2019. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) As the D.C. Council enacted reforms to reduce public corruption, federal prosecutors were probing […]
Fwd: [New post] Mayor Bowser and Affordable Housing: Do the Dollars Soar as High as the Rhetoric?
Mary Bolton 202-390-1208 Begin forwarded message: > From: The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless > Date: March 22, 2019 at 5:15:34 PM EDT > To: mary.bolton@comcast.net > Subject: [New post] Mayor Bowser and Affordable Housing: Do the Dollars Soar as High as the Rhetoric? > > > New post on The Washington Legal Clinic […]
For Affordable Housing Developers, Opportunity Zones Are A ‘Double-Edged Sword’
www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/affordable-housing/for-affordable-housing-developers-opportunity-zones-are-a-double-edged-sword-98083 Mary Bolton 202-390-1208
Florida State Lawmakers Want to Strengthen Renters’ Rights – Next City
nextcity.org/daily/entry/florida-state-lawmakers-want-to-strengthen-renters-rights?utm_source=Next+City+Newsletter&utm_campaign=79c4ef7c39-Daily_781_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fcee5bf7a0-7… Florida State Lawmakers Want to Strengthen Renters’ Rights Javier Figueroa moved to Orlando in November 2017, not long after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on his hometown of Manatí, a small city on the north coast of Puerto Rico. After living on FEMA housing aid for about a month, he started looking for an apartment […]
‘Atlas of Inequality’ Maps Where Rich, Poor Do and Don’t Mix – Next City
nextcity.org/daily/entry/atlas-of-inequality-maps-where-rich-poor-do-and-dont-mix?utm_source=Next+City+Newsletter&utm_campaign=79c4ef7c39-Daily_781_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fcee5bf7a0-79… ‘Atlas of Inequality’ Maps Where Rich, Poor Do and Don’t Mix How much economic diversity do you encounter at your neighborhood cafe or the coffee shop near work? How about at your city’s museums, retail stores, public parks or airport? Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have created the Atlas of Inequality to dig […]
Homeless, living in a tent and employed: The changing face of homelessness in the U.S. – The Washington Post
www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2019/03/22/feature/this-is-not-me/ Mary Bolton 202-390-1208