Brandon Duong

1 month ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sharanya Kumar |Rahul Tuli |Brandon Duong |Abdulsattar Mohammed

1 Introduction Herpesviridae is a family of DNA viruses, nine of which are known to infect humans [1]. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), alternatively known as human herpesvirus 3 (HHV-3), is one of these viruses. Primary infections by VZV lead to chickenpox, which predominantly affects children without VZV immunity. Following primary infection, VZV exhibits neurotropism, allowing it to migrate to and establish latency within the dorsal root ganglia via retrograde axonal transport [2].

Dec 1, 2023 | shelterforce.org | Brandon Duong

Between 1987 and 2021, the public-private Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program constructed 3.55 million housing units across the U.S. However, as covered in a previous Shelterforce article, legal loopholes have allowed predatory entities known as aggregators to hijack the program and use it to seize affordable housing from nonprofits and milk the housing for profit. Three years later, the problem of aggregators still plagues the affordable housing industry.

Nov 30, 2023 | shelterforce.org | Brandon Duong

Last year, Shelterforce wrote about two affordable housing developments in Northern Virginia where tenants awoke to find their rent had suddenly been hiked. Although tenants across the country were facing rising rents, alongside a tight housing market and some of the highest inflation rates since the 1970s, these rent hikes were different. They occurred in the middle of leases, at housing funded by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC).

Jul 25, 2023 | shelterforce.org | Brandon Duong

According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly 7.4 million Americans have an intellectual or developmental disability (I/DD). Many of them face a daunting housing crisis. Of the few options they do have, many are settings that concentrate disabled residents together and segregate them away from the larger community.