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Withering heat is more common, but getting AC is still a struggle in public housing

Many people in public housing are especially vulnerable to extreme heat, and there's no federal requirement for air conditioning. That leaves some tenants struggling to pay for it on their own.

WEKU

ACLU-Backed Complaint Says Not Renting to People With Past Evictions Is Illegal Race, Sex Discrimination

HOPE Fair Housing Center argues in a new federal complaint that an Illinois landlord's blanket refusal to rent to people with eviction records amounts to illegal sex and race discrimination.

Reason

White House rolls out measures aimed at lowering cost of housing, increasing supply

The White House has announced a series of measures that it said would reduce the cost and increase the supply of housing while bolstering protection for renters

The Independent UK

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Pioneering environmental justice organization threatened with eviction from South Side headquarters

The group founded in Altgeld Gardens in 1979 was part of a federal civil rights complaint prompting a city settlement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Chicago Sun-Times

The spike in homelessness in US cities isn’t slowing down

Family homelessness in the US is on the rise in an alarming sign of how the increasing cost of goods, the ever-tightening housing supply and the end of most pandemic-era benefits are putting pressure on Americans.

Tribune News Service

Homeless issues don’t get much attention in Congress. Here’s why

WASHINGTON -- For months, the tents were visible from the Capitol’s windows.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Lawsuit keeps questions about Chicago Fire soccer training facility in play

Details about the Chicago Housing Authority’s lease agreement with the Chicago Fire were kept under wraps until it was finalized, but a new lawsuit will hopefully lead to more transparency.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Weekly US Government Data Roundup: June 5, 2023

Facts on when Social Security could become insolvent, two ways to analyze the most competitive housing markets in the country, plus data on HUD's affordable housing program.

USAFacts

‘I’ve never seen so much vitriol’: activist Paul Boden on America’s homelessness crisis

Leading voice demanding rights for the unhoused discusses the history of homelessness and where the US can go from here

The Guardian - US

Editorial: Homeless people shouldn’t spend weeks proving they’re poor before they get an apartment

From Venice to downtown Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program moved some 1,200 homeless people out of encampments into motels and hotels during her first four months in office. But only 70 people have moved from those temporary accommodations into permanent housing, Bass said recently. That’s a number…

Los Angeles Times

It’s good news that city will have to clean up its act on putting polluters in minority neighborhoods

A long-time activist called the new agreement between the feds and the city “a new roadmap to fight back against environmental racism.” The city must develop an action plan by Sept. 1.

Chicago Sun-Times

Housing advocates warn GOP spending plan would be 'disastrous'

Housing advocates are raising the alarm about House Republicans’ plan to dramatically cut the federal deficit to raise the debt ceiling

The Independent UK

Chicago, HUD settle environmental racism case as Lori Lightfoot leaves office

City departments, including those involved with planning and zoning, will be required to produce an “environmental justice action plan” by Sept. 1.

Chicago Sun-Times

Negotiations over Biden administration claim that City Hall engaged in environmental racism are down to the wire

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and HUD are trying to work out a settlement before she leaves office. The agency found that Chicago relocates polluting businesses from white communities to Black and Latino neighborhoods.

Chicago Sun-Times

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People are waiting seven months longer for affordable housing than in 2010

Wait times have increased at the same time federal spending on affordable housing has more than halved.

USAFacts

Which US cities have the largest homeless populations?

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

USAFacts

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.

Tribune News Service

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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Roll Call

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

Roll Call

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.

USAFacts

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.

Reason

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.

WEKU

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.

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