[NYCHA\COVID-19]
Sen. Gillibrand: “The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated NYCHA’s financial and managerial problems, and has put already vulnerable families with children and elderly members at increased risk.”
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NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer Announces Candidacy for NYC Mayor
[Scott Stringer Mayoral Candidacy]
Stringer: “This city deserves leadership…And that is why, with a belief that we can — and we must — bring leadership back to City Hall and build a city for everyone, today, I am announcing my candidacy for mayor of the great City of New York.”
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CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ANNOUNCE $3.5 MILLION IN HOUSING GRANTS FOR MASSACHUSETTS PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES
[Housing\Massachusetts Public Housing]
Congresswoman Lori Trahan: “This federal grant funding is welcome news for public housing agencies in Lowell, Acton, Chelmsford, Methuen, and across the Commonwealth…Massachusetts residents living in public housing will get additional assistance accessing the education, training, and support they need to advance their careers and secure a better future for themselves and for their families”
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OHIO REP. RYAN ANNOUNCES $750,000 FUNDING FOR OHIO PUBLIC HOUSING
[Public Housing\Ohio]
Rep. Tim Ryan: “This investment will go to those in our community that need it the most. These funds will help lift up families in need through job training and employment counseling.I am proud to support the hard work of the public housing authorities in my District.”
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ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES FIGHTS FOR NYC’S PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS
[New York News\Housing]
Attorney General James: “As New Yorkers suffered through the cold winter, NYCHA sat by as hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers went without heat or hot water. The unfortunate truth is that no one should be shocked that the New York City Housing Authority sits atop the city’s worst landlord list with nearly 175,000 complaints, but we should all be appalled.”
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WALTERS INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS “HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS”
[Housing News\Housing Affordability]
Congresswoman Maxine Waters: “We are in the midst of a housing affordability crisis across the country, caused in part by the lack of affordable and available rental units, rising rents, gentrification, and dilapidated public housing…Studies have shown that neglecting our housing infrastructure will only hurt our economy, so I urge my colleagues to support this legislation to make the necessary investments in rural, suburban and urban housing markets, and ensure all future conversations around infrastructure investments include affordable housing.”
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MINNESOTA CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO EXPAND PUBLIC HOUSING AND FIGHT HOMELESSNESS
[Congress\Public Housing]
Rep. Omar: “Every American deserves access to a safe and stable place to live, but unfortunately, our current free-market housing system is not meeting the needs of working families. On a single night, over 10,000 people in Minnesota were homeless last year… And that’s just Minnesota.”
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