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Affordable housing in the US is increasingly scarce, making renters ask: Where do we go? | New Pittsburgh Courier
Community organizers speak in a vacant house in West Oakland, Calif., that they occupied in 2019 and 2020 to bring attention to affordable housing. Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images by Celine-Marie Pascale, American University The United States is facing an expanding
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Mayor London Breed, Speaker Nancy Pelosi Celebrate Grand Opening of 100% Affordable Housing in Mission
“As a proud representative for San Francisco, it was my privilege to join Mayor London Breed in celebrating Casa Adelante’s grand opening,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. “This development will be a vital anchor for The Mission’s Latino community, providing families with the homes they need to survive
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Hemmed In And Shut Out
By Casey Murray | OBSERVER Staff Writer To most, Coko Marie’s apartment complex looks fairly mundane. Litter dots the green spaces and things are a bit rundown. To Marie, the […] The post <strong>Hemmed In And Shut Out</strong> appeared first on The Sacramento Observ
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Losing Income Chief Cause of Homelessness, UCSF Study Finds
Losing income is the No. 1 reason Californians end up homeless -- and the vast majority of them say a subsidy of as little as $300 a month could have kept them off the streets. That's according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that provides the most comprehensive look yet at
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Oakland’s Girls Inc Takes Senior Summer Participants on College Tours | Post News Group
During this year's Senior Summer, the Girls Inc., at 516 16th St., took their participants on four college tours: On two consecutive Fridays -- July 8 and July 15-- the girls went to California State University, Sacramento; California State University, Monterey Bay; University of
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New Skilled-Trade Academy Offers Detroiters Jobs and Energy Efficient Home Repairs | The Michigan Chronicle
DTE Energy and Walker-Miller Energy Services launch Energy Efficiency Academy partnership, quadrupling program participants in 2023 DTE Energy, Michigan’s largest energy provider, has partnered with Walker-Miller Energy Services, one of the country’s largest African American and woman-owned energy
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The Leadership Conference Pushes FCC to Eliminate Digital Discrimination | Post News Group
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Officials said the task force remains committed to “ensuring that all communities, especially the historically underserved, have access to affordable, reliable, high-quality advanced communications
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Calif. Black Chamber of Commerce Is Helping to Expand Broadband Access | Post News Group
The California Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) is joining hands with state government to help narrow the Golden State’s Digital Divide for nearly two million houses without access to broadband. In partnership with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the California
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Congress Members Urge Vaccination During Black Press Week  - Los Angeles Sentinel
“Protect your children and your grandchildren, protect those who you come in contact with,” Congressman Clyburn stated during the annual National Newspaper Publishers Association Fund’s (NNPAF) Black Press Week. “Take the shot. It’s safe to do,” the congressman declared during an interview with
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President Biden Applauded for Reopening Enrollment at Healthcare.gov through May 15th | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to Marcela Howell of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, before the ACA, people of color accounted for 54% of the uninsured in the United States, even though they only make up 35% of the population. Black women and other women of color
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Data Shows Some Bay Area Populations Struggling Financially in Post-COVID Economy | Post News Group
As the Bay Area's economy continues its up-and-down recovery from the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent data shows that many low-income households and communities of color are getting left behind. In a January report based on data analyzed via the "Bay Area Recovery Tracker" online
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Food Insecurity, Hunger Expected to Soar After Cuts to Extra SNAP Benefits | Post News Group
Food security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress chose to halt the extra allotments of SNAP benefits. Still, the Republican-led House let the COVID-era supplemental payments wind down at the end of
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Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Physicians Make a Positive Impact on National Doctors’ Day BlackPressUSA
THE LOS ANGELES SENTINEL - “Knowing that health care workers have been on the frontline for the past year, and given so much of themselves, we’re awed by their extending themselves even further to support families in need in our
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U.S. Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today, the Senate passed the American Rescue Plan bringing us one step closer to delivering much-needed relief,” President Biden said from the White House shortly after the measured passed along party lines. “When I took office, I promised help was on the way. Thanks to Senate
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Fighting for improvements, Hi View Gardens residents wait for PNC to sell or pay | New Pittsburgh Courier
Hi View Gardens tenant Santaris Porter, right, and his daughter, Avry Hays, 5, listen during a tenant council meeting outside Hi View on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in McKeesport. ”We have the big pest problem here and I want to see that addressed,” said Porter, who has lived at the apartment complex
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Addressing the Housing Crisis in Houston - Forward Times
ABOVE: David A. Northern, Sr., President and CEO of Houston Housing Authority EXCLUSIVE: One-On-One with… The post Addressing the Housing Crisis in Houston appeared first on Forward Times.
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City Wins Case Against Local Real Estate Empire for Systemic Tenants’ Rights Violations | Post News Group
The September 1 decision represents a significant triumph for the city in a case brought several years ago against the owners of a prominent local real estate empire for systematically violating the rights of tenants at buildings their family companies
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White House Responds to House Passage of President Biden's $1.9 Trillion "American Rescue Plan" | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The sweeping $1.9 trillion rescue package could include direct payments of as much as $5,600 for families of four. The legislation provides direct payments worth up to $1,400 per person. The full amount would go to individuals earning less than $75,000 a year and married couples
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Detroiters Rank Spending Priorities for American Rescue Plan Funds | The Michigan Chronicle
Detroit will be coming into some money soon - $826 million dollars to be exact. This large chunk of change is coming from the American Rescue Plan, the fifth-largest amount of any city in America is coming to Detroit. The 1.9 trillion federal stimulus bill was signed into law in March 2021 to help
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Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan - Voice and Viewpoint
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Joe Biden promised help was on the way to an America still battered by COVID-19, and after a marathon session of debate known as vote-a-rama and some dissension in the Democratic ranks – particularly Sen. Joe Manchin of West
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Detroit Groups, Nonprofits to Receive $2.7M | Resources | The Michigan Chronicle
The City of Detroit’s Housing & Revitalization Department announced today that it awarded $2.7 million in grants to 36 community organizations through the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund, helping to provide critical funding for nonprofits and neighborhood service organizations across the
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Disasters can wipe out affordable housing forever unless communities plan ahead – that loss hurts the economy | New Pittsburgh Courier
‘It could happen anywhere, but I just never thought here,’ said Chasity Walton, whose home in Mayfield, Kentucky, was hit by a tornado on Dec. 15, 2021. Brandon Bell/Getty Images by Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to
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COMMENTARY: Build Back Better balances Joe Biden’s 3-legged Stool
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In March, Democrats passed President Biden’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) without a single Republican vote. In addition to making sure we had enough vaccines and getting them out quickly and equitably, the ARP scaled up testing and tracing and addressed the shortages of personal
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President Biden Poised to Sign $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “As the President said last week, once the rescue plan is signed, we’ll be able to start getting payments out this month,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday. “Treasury and IRS are working tirelessly to make that happen. They are building on lessons learned from
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Vice President Kamala Harris Speaks to the Black Press of America | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When the administration began, the pandemic had taken its toll on much of the country and the globe. Since taking office, Vice President Harris said more than 200 million Americans had received Covid vaccines, and 75 million have gotten booster shots. She noted the economic bounce
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