Housing Is a Social Good from Boston Review. The American Jobs Plan mirrors past efforts at affordable housing that contributed to our problems and failed Black Americans. We need to take housing out of the private market.
President Joe Biden is the first president in US history to visit the town in Tulsa, Okla. where a racist mob murdered black people and ravaged the prosperous town by fire.
The Tulsa Massacre was …
Infrastructure Plan Could Create Opportunities for Remodelers
The Biden administration has proposed a massive $2 trillion infrastructure package that includes over $200 billion to build, preserve and retrofit more than 2 million homes and commercial buildings. NAHB | June 02, 2021
The Biden administration has proposed a massive $2 trillion infrastructure package that includes over $200 billion to build, preserve and retrofit more than 2 million homes and commercial buildings.
If the proposal becomes law, it could provide an important opportunity for remodelers to help improve the nation’s existing housing stock and make it more energy efficient. The devil is in the details, and NAHB will be working hard on every detail that affects the housing industry.
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One hundred years ago, the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as “Black Wall Street,” was ruthlessly attacked by a violent white supremacist mob. An estimated 300 Black Americans were killed and another 10,000 were left destitute and homeless.
The destruction wrought on the Greenwood neighborhood and its families was followed by laws and policies that made recovery nearly impossible. The streets were redlined, locking Black Tulsans out of homeownership and access to credit. Federal highways built through the heart of Greenwood cut off families and businesses from economic opportunity. And chronic disinvestment by the federal government in Black entrepreneurs and small businesses denied Black Wall Street a fair shot at rebuilding. These are the stories of Greenwood, but they have echoes in countless Black communities across the country.
President Biden's proposed $6 trillion federal budget focuses primarily on America's infrastructure, but there are a few proposals that may have a direct impact on your finances.