housing
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Boston Youth Homelessness Organization Receives $2.5 Million Grant
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, a Boston nonprofit organization, says that homelessness is rising among Black and LGBTQ youth.
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Reps. Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley Sleep Outside the U.S. Capitol to Protest End of Pandemic Eviction Freeze
Like the people, the American government isn't a monolith. Some politicians actually do care. Rep. Cori Bush is a prime example.
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Federal Judge in Texas Rules Government's COVID-Related Eviction Moratorium Is Unconstitutional
Sometimes it really feels like America is The Bad Place. On the heels of the depressing news that a long-overdue increase of the federal minimum wage to $15 will no longer be included in the COVID-19 relief bill currently in Congress comes a federal court ruling that will undoubtedly make life harder for Americans already…
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JP Morgan Chase Pledges $30 Billion in New Commitment to Reduce Racial Wealth Gap
JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, announced Thursday that it is pledging $30 billion over the next five years as part of a commitment to address deeply entrenched racial inequality, particularly in housing and business. The multi-pronged plan, which dedicates billions of dollars in loans specifically for Black and Latinx households and…
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As the Federal Moratorium Ends, 23 Million Americans Are at Risk of Being Evicted in Coming Months
The enormousness of the crisis brought on by COVID-19 cannot be overstated. Cases and deaths are steadily rising in multiple states, as are unemployment numbers. Despite the continued severity of the crisis, Congress has stalled on passing a new relief bill and as the federal moratorium on evictions ends, millions of Americans are expected to…
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Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Moms 4 Housing as Group Continues Fighting for 'Fundamental Right' to Safe, Affordable Shelter
Alameda County prosecutors dropped charges against the group Moms 4 Housing and its supporters on Thursday, nearly a month after they were forcefully evicted and briefly jailed from the vacant West Oakland home they were squatting in. “This is the right result; the just result,” EmilyRose Johns, an attorney representing Moms 4 Housing, said in…
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This Homeless Atlanta Man Died in the Most Disrespectful Way, But Could the City Have Prevented It?
Cornelius Taylor's cause of death has now been released to the public.
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More Than Half of Homeless Families Are Black, Government Report Says
More than half a million Americans experienced homelessness in 2019—a number that has slowly ticked upward in recent years. Of the families that make up that number, the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress finds that 52 percent are black. Of an estimated 568,000 Americans who were without shelter last year, individual black Americans comprised…