Federal lawsuit bends CT affordable housing debate
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CTMirror.org
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Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden s nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs at the Queen Theater on December 11, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)Chip Somodevilla / TNS
When President Joe Biden took office, his administration inherited an unresolved complaint and lawsuit that civil rights attorneys filed last fall, charging that Connecticut’s housing laws which leave most decisions to local officials are harmful to Black and Latino residents.
Now, while U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Justice determine if the state is violating federal fair housing laws by limiting where Section 8 housing vouchers can be used and where affordable housing can be developed state lawmakers for the fourth consecutive year are consi
As San Antonio confronts freeze and coronavirus pandemic, leaders look for ways to provide financial relief
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A person takes picture of their dog Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Alamo Heights as snow returns to San Antonio.William Luther / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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A man buys propane at the H-E-B at West Avenue and Blanco Road as a brisk snow falls on Thursday morning, Feb. 18, 2021.Billy Calzada, Staff / Billy CalzadaShow MoreShow Less
As San Antonio deals with the dueling crises of the coronavirus pandemic and breakdowns in power and water service amid the prolonged winter storm, city leaders are looking for ways to provide relief to residents.
EAST CHICAGO â The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and other agencies missed multiple opportunities to safeguard residents from lead and arsenic contamination at the West Calumet Housing Complex, according to a federal Inspector General report released Wednesday.Â
The watchdog report by HUD s Office of Inspector General also warned that HUD may be aware of other situations like West Calumet and should be doing more to identify other contaminated housing sites across the country.
Emily Coffey, housing justice staff attorney with the Chicago-based Shriver Center on Poverty Law, said the report confirms it took nearly 40 years for residents to learn what government officials and polluters knew all along about West Calumet Housing Complex site s past.