Affordable Housing

HUD Makes $40 Million Available To Prevent Evictions And Homelessness

By HUD Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the availability of $40 million in ...

Green New Deal For Public Housing Act Reintroduced By AOC, Sanders, And Ramirez

Photos: YouTube Screenshots Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Rep. Delia Ramirez (IL-03) reintroduced the Green New ...

Like healthcare and education, should housing be a human right?

Shouldn’t Housing Be A Human Right In America?

Photos: Twitter\HUD Like healthcare and education, should housing be a human right? In days gone by, it was traditional for the village/town/community to gather ...

Keeping Renters Safe Act of 2021 to enact an urgently needed nationwide eviction moratorium

Bush, Warren Introduce Legislation To Protect Renters After SCOTUS Eviction Moratorium Decision

Photos: YouTube\Twitter WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01), Deputy Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and Member of the House Committee on ...

Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) most recent eviction moratorium,

SCOTUS Eviction Moratorium Ruling: Pressley, Bush, AOC, Call For “Urgent Legislative” Congressional Action

Photos: YouTube WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), along with Representatives Cori Bush (MO-01), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), led over ...

Congress can ensure that reform efforts address structural racism in current and past federal housing policy.

Fair Housing Advocates Fighting Against Zoning Laws That Perpetuate Racial Inequity

Photos: Twitter (Washington D.C.) – The American Jobs Plan’s proposal incentivizing local governments to reform zoning laws could have unintended negative consequences for low- ...

Mark Levine, a candidate for the Manhattan Borough Presidency

Mark Levine: I’m Running For The Manhattan Borough Presidency To Bring Manhattan Back Stronger

Photos: Facebook\Twitter In the following op-ed, written by Mark Levine, a candidate for the Manhattan Borough Presidency, he outlines why he thinks voters should ...

The solution begins here

Affordable Housing: How HPD Policies Hurt Low-income Families

The Joe Biden administration has made increasing affordable housing one of its main policy objectives. The best place to start is addressing the major ...

"President Biden’s executive orders to advance racial equity and support underserved communities is a significant signal to Amer

NAN, Sharpton Applaud Biden’s Executive Actions to Advance Racial Equity

Photo: Wikimedia Commons Tuesday, National Action Network released the following statement upon President Biden’s executive orders to advance racial equity and support underserved communities: ...

Public banks can offer lower debt costs to city and state governments

Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Bill Enabling Creation of Public Banks

[Public Banking Act] Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez: “I am proud to partner with Rep. Tlaib on this monumental bill. Public banks are uniquely able to address ...