Marketplace, May 14, 2024, Animal Shelters Had A Strong 2020. Then Came The Affordable Housing Crisis. KC Pet Project, an animal shelter in Kansas City, Missouri, opened a brand-new facility in January 2020. It came just in time: Last year, they took in 16,000 animals — more than double they took when they opened in 2012. […]

Wbur, May 13, 2024, Affordable Internet Program Set To Expire. What Does That Mean For Digital Equity? The Affordable Connectivity Program has helped 23 million households connect to the internet at a discounted rate since it was enacted in 2021. But now the federal subsidy program is set to run out of funds by the

JDSUPRA, May 13, 2024, Colorado General Assembly Passes Trendsetter Affordable Housing Initiatives Colorado’s General Assembly passed two bills this legislative session dedicated to improving the state of affordable housing in Colorado. HB24-1316 and HB24-1434 aim to supplement the State’s oversubscribed affordable housing programs and alleviate a stressed housing market. Representative Lindstedt, Representative Lindsay and Senator

Gizmodo, June 13, 2024, Disney Buries The Hatchet With Ron DeSantis In Huge New Land Deal Disney has finally reached an accord with governor Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis allowing the state to build new infrastructure—a mutually beneficial deal between the media giant and state of the Florida—since all roads lead to Disney World. The agreement will allow Disney

Marketplace, June 12, 2024, He Assesses Climate Risk On The Housing Market, And He Wants Your Attention Nearly half of all homes in the United States are at risk of “severe or extreme” damage from events like flooding, high winds and wildfire, Realtor.com estimates. And rising insurance costs — in part because of those risks — are making

The Guardian, June 13, 2024, Broken Toilets, Bed Bugs And Rats: US Firefighters Are In A Housing Crisis The bathrooms in Ben McLane’s barracks haven’t worked for the last three years. It’s just one of several “embarrassing” problems with the living quarters offered by the US government to the federal fire captain’s poorly paid crew.

NPR, June 7, 2024, Homes Have Popped Up On The National Mall – Showing They Can Be Built Fast And Cheap “We know that access to a home is one of the most pressing things for families across the country, whether you’re renting or wanting to become a first-time homebuyer. And one of the ways

Vox, June 13, 2024, The Federal Government’s New Plan To (Maybe) Give Renters Straight Cash The federal government is laying the groundwork for a potentially major change to the nation’s largest rental assistance program, aiming to test an idea that would allow low-income tenants to pay rent directly with cash, rather than use traditional housing

UGA Today, June 12, 2024, Black Youth Are Paying An Emotional Toll Due To Racism A new study from the University of Georgia suggests some Black youth are internalizing racial discrimination, which may increase their rates of depression and anxiety. The analysis is part of a national study that followed over 1,500 Black American adolescents for

The Wall Street Journal, June 16, 2024, Wells Fargo Bet On A Flashy Rent Credit Card. It Is Costing the Bank Dearly. When Charlie Scharf took over as CEO of Wells Fargo WFC 0.08% increase; green up pointing triangle, one of his priorities was to expand the bank’s credit-card business. Now, a flashy partnership with a startup is complicating a

Wired, June 17, 2024, Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing Rising sea levels, biodiversity collapse, extreme weather—these are the grisly horsemen of climate apocalypse. But don’t forget the fretting loan officers. A study published earlier this year found that US mortgage approvals tend to dip following periods of hotter-than-normal weather. For every

Greater Greater Washington, June 17, 2024, Want To Improve DC Schools? Build Teacher Housing The lack of teacher retention is becoming an epidemic: nationwide, 55% of teachers said they were contemplating leaving the profession, according to a 2022 survey by the National Education Association. Younger educators, teachers of color, and those working in low-income schools are even more likely

The Washington Post, June 17, 2024, TikTok Lifted This Family Out Of Public Housing. See Their Life Before And After Three years ago, Fanstasia Linda McLean, 30, was making about $175 per client braiding hair in her public housing apartment in Brooklyn. Today, she makes $245 working from a salon space in Nashville, and people

The Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2024, Citigroup Facing New Regulatory Knock On Its Living Will The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s five-member board intends to vote Thursday to downgrade its rating on Citi’s data-management systems to a “deficiency” from a “shortcoming,” people familiar with the matter said. The FDIC and the Federal Reserve had flagged

The New York Times, June 17, 2024, Biden To Give Legal Protections To Undocumented Spouses Of U.S. Citizens President Biden on Tuesday will announce sweeping new protections for hundreds of thousands of immigrants who have been living in the United States illegally for years but are married to American citizens, officials familiar with the plan said. Mr.