This program gets homeless people into housing fast. Will it be one of the last?

Homeless residents still have to apply for those units. Applicants can be rejected. Yet Brilliant Corners offers landlords a number of incentives, including a fund to cover any damages to apartments ...

How to Lend a Hand to a U.S. Marine and his family on the South Shore

Family of Rose and Ardens Myrthil will spend their first Christmas in a new Quincy home. Can you help furnish the children's ...

Biden admin likely paid out $84.6M in error for Minnesota housing assistance — including to hundreds who were already dead

The Department of Housing and Urban Development likely paid out more than $84 million in ineligible assistance to Minnesota ...
Politico

Federal judge temporarily blocks HUD permanent housing cuts for homeless

A federal judge Friday temporarily blocked the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s effort to significantly cut permanent housing funds for people experiencing homelessness. U.S. District ...
The Real Deal

I see dead people: Trump admin probes Colorado housing providers over assistance fraud

More than 200 Coloradans got federal housing assistance beyond the grave, according to the Trump administration. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is investigating whether Colorado ...
New York Post

Trump admin probes Colorado after 221 dead people received federal housing assistance

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is investigating whether Colorado providers helped nearly 3,000 people swindle taxpayer money from Uncle Sam, The Post has learned. The ...
MLive

Federal judge blocks HUD changes that could have impacted housing for 7,000 Michiganders

A federal judge in Rhode Island today ordered the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to preliminarily halt changes to its Continuum of Care grant program — the largest resource for ...
Honolulu Star-AdvertiserOpinion

Column: Hawaii’s safety net fraying, near breaking

After nearly 10 years sleeping in parks and shelters, Coast Guard veteran Alfreda “Freda” Trawick finally signed a lease on ...
The New York Times

U.S. Housing Discrimination Complaints Rise as Support Network Thins

Accusations are up nearly 20 percent since 2014, according to a nonprofit, which warns that “the infrastructure for enforcing our nation’s fair housing laws is being dismantled.” By Heather Senison ...
NPR

Judge blocks HUD homelessness overhaul, rebukes agency for causing 'chaos'

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development cannot impose dramatically different conditions for homelessness programs for now, according to an oral ruling Friday by U.S. District Judge Mary ...
New Haven Independent

Housing Authority To Rehab Crawford Manor

The city's housing authority is moving forward with the "substantial rehabilitation" of George Crawford Manor, a 109-unit ...
Investopedia

Key Strategies for Understanding and Combating Housing Discrimination

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