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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed several bills intended to do more to address the rights of renters in the Commonwealth. Along with protecting tenants from negligent landlords, the legislation would have given local governments more power to hold slumlords accountable for the living conditions of their properties. ...

As Virginia evictions rise, one group is helping low-income renters fight back. Before the pandemic, evictions peaked at 16,000 in January 2020. An eviction moratorium kept renters housed during part of the pandemic but evictions are growing again. ...

EXPLAINED IN 90 SECONDS: How does new state budget address rural housing issues? New York State

New Yorks 2025 budget takes proactive steps to address rural housing. In the budget, $10 million was allocated for improvements to rural housing built by the U.S. Department of Agricultures Section 515 program. ...

The Assembly's statewide housing public hearing is Monday.

More than 20 million Americans live in manufactured housing — mobile homes — according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s more than in public housing and federally subsidized rental housing

(Albany, NY) Today, Senator Brian Kavanagh, Chair of the Senate Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development announced details of the New York State Adopted Budget, which would provide $5.5 billion in capital investments and $2.5 billion in other expenditures for housing and related services, for a total of $8 billion benefitting renters, homeowners, and homeless New Yorkers.