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2 weeks ago | 
shelterforce.org | Shelby R. King
The Housing Choice Voucher program, better known as Section 8, helps low-income renters afford private-market housing by restricting their portion of the monthly rent to 30 percent of their income. The federal government pays the remainder. The program is run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which transfers its portion of the rent to local public housing authorities (PHAs) each month. The PHAs then pay landlords directly.
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1 month ago | 
shelterforce.org | Shelby R. King
Immigrant communities in the United States are on edge. And rightly so—President Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric and draconian deportation policies are wreaking havoc on folks’ sense of security. As a result of the fear mongering, families are going into hiding, says Adriana Quintero, a leader at The Family Center/La Familia, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the immigrant community in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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1 month ago | 
shelterforce.org | Shelby R. King
Review Neighborhood Change Watching a play about race, gentrification, and community set in a fictional South Chicago neighborhood in 1959 (Act 1) and 2009 (Act 2) while living through 2025 feels a little quaint.
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1 month ago | 
shelterforce.org | Shelby R. King
Skip to main content Reported Article Public Housing Idaho is one of the nation’s most seismically active states, so people living in Ada County, home to Boise, aren’t typically surprised when an earthquake hits. But Jan.
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2 months ago | 
shelterforce.org | Shelby R. King
Top TakeawaysPotential Government Shutdown Looms: The U.S. federal government faces a partial shutdown starting March 15 if the Senate fails to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to extend funding through September. Senate Democrats oppose the House’s CR due to concerns over housing cost increases and Republican amendments, making its passage not a sure thing.
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2 months ago | 
shelterforce.org | Shelby R. King
Top Takeaways:—Enterprise Community Partners, a major player in the affordable housing world, has a for-profit subsidiary, Bellwether Enterprise, that makes loans to companies purchasing mobile home parks. Some of those loans have been to a company known for raising rents to levels unaffordable to existing tenants. —Neither BWE nor Enterprise will state publicly what their mission-related standards are for mobile home park lending, or if they have any.
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2 months ago | 
shelterforce.org | Shelby R. King
Top Takeaways—Across the U.S., private-equity firms, real estate investment firms, and other types of investors have been making multimillion-dollar purchases of “mobile” home communities. Many of these newer park owners have been called out by residents, housing activists, and policymakers for jacking up rents and making these communities unaffordable. —The outcry hasn’t led to much protection for households. Homeowners are especially vulnerable to property loss.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
shelterforce.org | Shelby R. King
This article is part of the Under the Lens series In this Under the Lens series, we'll explore the ways the educational justice and housing justice movements overlap, why it’s challenging for these two spheres to work together, and much more. New stories will publish each week now through mid-December. Keep up with the entire series by signing up for our newsletter. And if you prefer listening to the series, you can here.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
shelterforce.org | Shelby R. King
So far, President-elect Donald J. Trump has named a TV doctor, a vaccine denier, and a former pro-wrestling bigwig to serve in his second-term cabinet. But he’s been fairly quiet about who he wants to helm the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As the affordable housing world steels itself for the reality of the next four years, Trump’s campaign promise to fire thousands of career civil servants and slash billions in federal spending are top of mind for many.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
shelterforce.org | Shelby R. King
In anticipation of a Republican ascension to the White House, The Heritage Foundation—a right-wing think tank pushing regressive, oppressive, often draconian ideas—released a new “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” the latest edition in a series of books meant to guide conservative policies in the federal government.
