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Which US cities have the largest homeless populations?

In 2023, New York had the nation’s largest homeless population.

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How many homeless people are in the US? What does the data miss?

The total homeless population in the US rose 12.1% from 2022 to 2023, reaching its highest point since at least 2007.

USAFacts

GOP's rhetoric about spending cuts sparks worry among housing advocates

WASHINGTON — House Republicans’ vow to use the debt ceiling negotiations to extract spending concessions from Democrats has housing advocates worried about cuts targeting crucial programs amid a strained supply and elevated rents.

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House GOP rhetoric worries housing advocates about HUD funding - Roll Call

House advocates worry that House GOP comments about cutting spending will hit key programs just as rents are rising.

Roll Call

White House directs FTC, CFPB to probe housing rental market practices

Landlords will face greater federal scrutiny from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Trade Commission and other agencies amid rapidly rising rents under a plan that President Joe Biden released Wednesday.

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White House directs FTC, CFPB to probe housing rental market practices - Roll Call

The White House has directed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission to examine the housing rental market.

Roll Call

How much have rents increased post-COVID 19 (or since 2020)?

Rents rose in 58% of all counties nationwide between 2020 and 2023. Data shows that rents rose and dipped between neighboring zip codes.

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Elizabeth Warren, Jamaal Bowman Want To Give Lina Khan the Power To Impose Rent Control on the Whole Country

Warren and fellow progressive Democrats have asked President Joe Biden to use the FTC, HUD, or maybe the FHFA to impose nationwide rent control.

Reason

Wealthy Connecticut Residents Received Millions in Federal Dollars After Hurricane Sandy

It shouldn't be the federal government's responsibility to protect wealthy homeowners from the inevitable.

Reason

On Florida's Gulf Coast, developers eye properties ravaged by Hurricane Ian

With more than 35,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Lee County, Fla., residents are concerned about housing affordability – and changes to their communities – as developers become involved.

WEKU

Congress' $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill Includes a Baby 'YIMBY' Grant Program

It needs some work.

Reason

New HUD Report Shows Steady Pandemic-Era Increase in Unsheltered Homeless Population

The overall homeless population stayed basically flat from 2020 to 2022. But the number of people sleeping on the streets increased 3.4 percent.

Reason

Biden administration plans to cut homelessness 25% by 2025

SAN JOSE, Calif. — As the Bay Area struggles with the ever-worsening crisis of people sleeping in tents and vehicles, the Biden administration has set an ambitious new goal to reduce homelessness by 25% in the next two years.

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Half of community moved after Katrina

After Hurricane Katrina devastated St. Bernard Parish, many residents didn’t receive enough money to rebuild

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D.C.'s 'Green New Deal for Housing' Is Doomed Before It Begins

Social housing supporters hope that the city can get city-owned, city-operated housing right with a new office, a more expansive mission, and different branding.

Salon

Army's unexploded bombs plague Hawaii

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is leading the remediation effort, has been plagued by shoddy work

Chicago Sun-Times

More transparency is needed on soccer facility plan

Chicago housing officials have yet to disclose key details of the plan to lease valuable land to the Chicago Fire for a soccer practice facility, according to a new ProPublica report.

Salon

The plan to protect NYC from storms

The “Big U” shows how climate adaptation can succeed. It also shows how hard it is

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Lawmakers, advocates eye year-end bills for housing credit

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and advocates are eyeing year-end legislation as vehicles to expand a low-income housing construction incentive as opportunities dwindle to address a growing affordability crisis before the next Congress.

Roll Call

Lawmakers, advocates eye year-end bills for housing credit - Roll Call

Lawmakers and housing advocates are eyeing year-end legislation to expand a low-income housing tax credit to support affordable housing.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot, feds in talks over environmental racism probe

The move heads off a potential battle with federal housing officials who are calling for a change of zoning and land-use practices that they say put polluters in Chicago’s communities of color.

Reason

New Report Reveals Uninhabitable Units, Shocking Incompetence at D.C. Public Housing Authority

D.C officials are calling for sweeping reforms to D.C. Housing Authority's governance, or even a federal takeover, in the wake of a damning new report.

The Conversation

Recovery from a disaster like Hurricane Ian takes years, and nonprofits play many pivotal roles before and after FEMA aid runs out

Massive storms like Ian and Fiona mark the beginning of a long and frustrating process for anyone who loses their home and possessions.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles agencies returned $150 million in federal funds to house homeless people

LOS ANGELES — Nearly $150 million worth of federal grants to the three main housing agencies working to reduce homelessness in Greater Los Angeles went unspent between 2015 and 2020, as the number of unhoused people soared.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot disputes feds’ environmental racism claims, Sen. Emil Jones III pleads not guilty and more in your Chicago news roundup

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