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Leading voice demanding rights for the unhoused discusses the history of homelessness and where the US can go from here

From Venice to downtown Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program moved some 1,200 homeless people out of encampments into motels and hotels during her first four months in office. But only 70 people have moved from those temporary accommodations into permanent housing, Bass said recently. That’s a number…

A long-time activist called the new agreement between the feds and the city “a new roadmap to fight back against environmental racism.” The city must develop an action plan by Sept. 1.

Housing advocates are raising the alarm about House Republicans’ plan to dramatically cut the federal deficit to raise the debt ceiling

City departments, including those involved with planning and zoning, will be required to produce an “environmental justice action plan” by Sept. 1.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and HUD are trying to work out a settlement before she leaves office. The agency found that Chicago relocates polluting businesses from white communities to Black and Latino neighborhoods.

Wait times have increased at the same time federal spending on affordable housing has more than halved.

In 2023, New York had the nation’s largest homeless population.

The total homeless population in the US rose 12.1% from 2022 to 2023, reaching its highest point since at least 2007.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans’ vow to use the debt ceiling negotiations to extract spending concessions from Democrats has housing advocates worried about cuts targeting crucial programs amid a strained supply and elevated rents.

House advocates worry that House GOP comments about cutting spending will hit key programs just as rents are rising.