December 19, 2016
StreetRoots News Dan Saltzman December 15, 2016 I am not one to sugarcoat or gloss over the realities of what we have faced over the last several years in Portland. We have been weathering one of the most severe affordable-housing shortages in the country, marked by rapidly rising rents and …
November 1, 2016
NONPROFIT QUARTERLY SPENCER WELLS October 27, 2016 Even as some senators put more emphasis on housing choice vouchers (HCV) and recognize the social value of mobility, state governments are raising roadblocks to Source of Income (SOI) protections for HCV households. In response to local initiatives to expand discrimination protections (and …
June 9, 2016
The Salem News June 8, 2016 by Christian M. Wade BOSTON — A nonprofit group pitched a plan two years ago to build a 60-unit affordable housing complex in Wenham, but the project is bogged down by legal challenges from neighbors and has yet to break ground. In Andover, two affordable housing …
June 7, 2016
Urban Planning June 6, 2016 by David Kroman Someday, groups like the Rental Housing Association of Washington (RHWA) may sue the city over what is known as the “Carl Haglund law,” which forbids landlords from raising rents until they bring their properties up to standards. There are arguments that these restrictions …
May 2, 2016
Lawrence Journal-World April 30, 2016 by Peter Hancock The Kansas House passed a bill Saturday that takes away the authority of local governments to enact a host of laws or programs that many Republicans consider interference with free market economics. Senate Bill 366 is a conference committee bill that includes provisions of …