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The practice of redlining is where public and private officials and professionals designated certain neighborhoods as high-risk largely due to racial demographics. This led to denied loans or significantly higher interest rates in those neighborhoods. It institionalized racial bias, and denied...
A report from the Brookings Institute argues that office-to-residential conversions are one potential remedy to the housing crisis in some circumstances, but the public interest in conversion and the potential beneficiaries must be clearly defined in order to justify any public financial support...
The Urban Institute recently published an interactive guide on policy and programmatic interventions that advance housing justice. The guide contains actionable examples of housing justice interventions across the policy domains of 1) increasing housing supply, 2) homelessness, 3) household and...
A recent article from Pew discusses the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) and problems that may arise for low-income families if program funding runs out. The ACP, created by Congress in 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is a $14.2 billion program administered by the...
A new study from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley aims to quantify the costs of operating permanent supportive housing (PSH) and the implications of insufficient funding. The authors worked with a collaborative of seven affordable housing developers in the Bay Area and...
From KSAT 12 San Antonio:
Opportunity Home San Antonio, formally known as the San Antonio Housing Authority, has been working on Wi-Fi connectivity for its residents since 2013.
In 2020, when the pandemic hit, Opportunity Home approved a $4 million plan to help give the families who live on its...
From the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles' (HACLA) pres release:
On Wednesday, June 28, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded $121,432,421 from the RAISE discretionary grant...
From the Chicago Housing Authority's (CHA) press release:
CHA has joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Climate Challenge, committing to a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and 15 percent energy use reduction over the next 10 years.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)...
HUD Announces Historic Transaction: Transforming Over 2,000 Affordable Rental Homes in New York City
From HUD's press release:
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Multifamily Housing is announcing today it recently closed a $930 million Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) transaction with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) at its Edenwald Houses...
From the San Diego Housing Commission's press release:
The new construction of more than 300 affordable rental apartments at the former site of the Sheriff’s Crime Lab will provide homes for seniors, families and individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities upon completion of three...