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Feb. 24—MANSFIELD — Applications are now being accepted for a new program designed to help Mansfield residents pay for child care during the pandemic. Funding for the program, "A Helping Hand," was provided through the state of Connecticut as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant program. The program will be funded by a $ 500,000 CDBG .
How to Fix Racist Housing Policies: Sue the Suburbs
Strengthening U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development s civil rights enforcement could send a powerful signal to communities resistant to changing discriminatory housing rules. February 25, 2021, 8am PST | Diana Ionescu |
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A quick glance at current statistics shows the stark and continuing legacy of housing discrimination policies in American cities, writes Jerusalem Demsas for Vox. Studies show that moving to a wealthier neighborhood not only increased the likelihood that kids would go to college, but also increased earnings by roughly 31 percent by the time they’d reached their mid-20s. Yet neighborhoods remain largely segregated, with many areas inaccessible to the average family.
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This Valentineâs Day, as many of us were snuggled up indoors, an Arctic blast swept down through the nation. In Texas, millions went for days without power because of energy shortages, all while one of the stateâs senators, Ted Cruz, was headed to enjoy a well-deserved vacation in sunny Cancun. Last week
The New York Times reported âthe county government in coastal Galveston called for refrigerated trucks to hold the bodies they expect to find in freezing, powerless houses.â
Itâs events like this one that provide a crude reminder of the âdeath sentenceâ extreme weather can be for the unhoused. And many scientists have predicted irreversible consequences from climate change in the next decade. Catastrophic weather events are becoming the norm.Â