Felician Sr. Maria Louise Edwards visits a man experiencing homelessness in Pomona, California. (Courtesy of Felician Sisters)
As the pandemic provoked shutdowns across the United States in March 2020, Jason s stress level began to climb. He had to handle cash as an essential employee selling car parts at an AutoZone in McKinney, Texas, a state with no mask mandate. His precarious health asthma, sarcoidosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, allergies put him at a higher risk of serious illness should he contract COVID-19.
As his hours dwindled at work, Jason s ability to pay his bills began to depend on the opportunity to mow someone s grass for quick cash or sell whatever he could find that was sitting in his garage: the tools he still needed, or the motorcycle, which was worth twice what he sold it for. On June 8, 2020, he lost his job.
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100 Percent Affordable Overlay: Next Up for Berkeley s Reform Movement
After moving forward with parking and zoning reforms, the Berkeley City Council is also considering a new Affordable Housing Overlay on a model previously adopted in Cambridge, Massachusetts. March 5, 2021, 8am PST | James Brasuell |
Berkeley is not resting after taking several significant steps toward planning reform in recent months first by removing residential parking requirements in most parts of the city and then by voting to rescind single-family zoning.
Berkeley Councilmember Terry Taplin has also sponsored a 100% Affordable Housing Overlay, building on a model provided by a similar overlay approved by Cambridge, Massachusetts in October 2020.
How Can We Catch Up? Mortgage Denials Stack the Deck Against Black and Hispanic Buyers How Can We Catch Up? Mortgage Denials Stack the Deck Against Black and Hispanic Buyers
The American dream of homeownership is not an equal opportunity ambition. Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be denied mortgages or get pricier loans.
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The American dream of homeownership is not an equal opportunity ambition.
Black and Hispanic home buyers are more frequently denied mortgages than white buyers even when their financial pictures are similar, according to a realtor.com® analysis of 2019 mortgage data. When they are able to secure mortgages, Black and Hispanic borrowers are more likely to pay higher fees and interest rates on their loans than white and Asian borrowers.
People of Color More Likely To Be Denied Mortgages, Pay More for Loans realtor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from realtor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.