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Study: Neighborhoods Targeted by the Community Reinvestment Act Get Lower-Quality Financial Products
A study published in the Journal of Financial Economics examines the quality of financial services and products offered to neighborhoods targeted by the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The study found that while low-to-moderate (LMI) neighborhoods targeted by the CRA receive an increased...
A new report from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation explores how lessons learned from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) can aid in building local institutional capacity. The paper draws on interviews with 41 stakeholders with insights into the design and distribution of ERA...
November 8, 2:00 PM ET
On October 13, 2021, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra extended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, effective through January 11, 2023. While when the Public Health Emergency will end is still unknown, when it...
From NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth:
This new development in Fort Worth's Stop Six neighborhood sits where Cavile public housing once stood.
"Just to see how far this project has come and get a sneak peek of what is to come is great because it's nothing like it was before," former Cavile resident...
From the Chicago Housing Authority's press release:
The Chicago Housing Authority partnered with national non-profit Operation Warm for the 15th year Saturday at UIC Forum to give away 5,000 new winter coats to children living in public housing and participants of the Housing Choice Voucher...
From King County Housing Authority's press release:
The King County Housing Authority, in partnership with a number of organizations across the county working to help people experiencing homelessness, has achieved a lease-up rate of 90 percent for the 762 Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) it was...
From Opportunity Home San Antonio's press release:
Opportunity Home San Antonio will begin construction on Snowden Apartments, its first self-developed, multi-family apartment with more than 50 percent of its units slated to provide affordable housing options for older adults at 0 – 30% AMI –...
From NBC 24 News Toledo:
Wednesday morning, the City of Toledo, Lucas County and Lucas Metropolitan Housing announced a new, first-of-its-kind program that will pay landlords in the area to open their rentals to low-income residents.
The groups hope to add 200 affordable housing units from 25...
From McCormick Baron Salazar's press release:
Construction has begun on Phase I of the redevelopment of the Perkins Homes in East Baltimore with the closing of financing by lead housing developer McCormack Baron Salazar. Phase I includes 103 mixed-income apartment units in one four-story...
From the University of Washington and Seattle Housing Authority's press release:
The University of Washington and the Seattle Housing Authority today announced that Bellwether Housing has been selected to develop a mixed-income high-rise of about 240 units in the University District, pending...