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Hearing will Focus on the Link Between Stable Housing, Inclusive Growth, and Economic Security WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at 10:00am ET, Congressman Jim Himes (CT-04), Chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, will hold a hybrid hearing examining the role stable and affordable housing plays in creating paths to
Housing advocates are warning that a once-in-a-generation opportunity to help close the widening wealth gap between Black and white families is in danger of being cut from a massive spending package as moderates look to reduce the overall price ta
Published: 22 July 2021 Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed dual crises. Over 542,000 Americans lives were lost and continue to increase. At the same time, the rippling effects of a massive economic downturn has caused the nation to lose 9.5 million jobs - more losses than even those of the Great Recession, finds the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy. Providing equitable opportunities Although many officials have called for a ‘return to normal’, millions of small businesses and communities need something new instead. In Black Americ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Every few days, Bathsheba Collingwood sprays her furniture and...
Locked Out: Black renters in Central Florida more likely to be evicted — even before COVID Orlando Sentinel 10 hrs ago Desiree Stennett, Orlando Sentinel © Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel Bathsheba Collingwood ties her son's shoes in front of their apartment in Orlando on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Every few days, Bathsheba Collingwood sprays her furniture and walls with bleach to scrub away new traces of the persistent mold she suspects caused her 3-year-old son’s asthma. The bathroom pipes have been leaking into her closet for months, leaving puddles on the carpet...