Biden Wants to Boost Affordable Housing. Easier Said Than Done.

Although Biden’s proposal is the most comprehensive housing plan proposed by a president in recent memory, it is not invulnerable to critique from housing experts. Biden’s planned tax credits may not go as far as the administration might hope in Continue reading Biden Wants to Boost Affordable Housing. Easier Said Than Done.

The Return of Trump’s Housing Policy Would Be a Horror Show

In contrast to the Trump administration’s annual requests to hollow out HUD, Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have asked Congress to expand the agency’s budget each year. Moreover, current HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge has wisely declined to continue the Continue reading The Return of Trump’s Housing Policy Would Be a Horror Show

Dozens of Public Housing Officials Arrested in Record Corruption Bust

The bribes pose just another monetary loss for an essential housing system that has been woefully underfunded for decades. According to a 2018 NYCHA assessment, federal capital funding has met only a fraction of capital needs since 2006. In the Continue reading Dozens of Public Housing Officials Arrested in Record Corruption Bust

San Francisco’s Housing Crisis Is Breaking Public Education

While Covid-19 probably accelerated the drop in public school enrollment, though, it didn’t precipitate it. And incompetent management of the district can’t explain why public school enrollment has been falling statewide for nearly 20 years. The housing crisis is a Continue reading San Francisco’s Housing Crisis Is Breaking Public Education

The Real Estate Hustle-Culture Con That’s Exploiting Investors and Wrecking the Housing Market

Next came an ice storm that hit Austin in February 2021. “When we had three days of sustained below-freezing temperatures,” said Reynolds, “the fire water lines ruptured in our building and half the building was flooded.” Management of the building Continue reading The Real Estate Hustle-Culture Con That’s Exploiting Investors and Wrecking the Housing Market