While the government struggles to confront the mounting catastrophe on the Gulf Coast, a legal settlement in Texas is set to put hundreds of millions in long overdue relief funds into the hands of disaster victims. Since the 2008 hurricane season, some of the most vulnerable communities, who suffered displacement and other damage, have been [...]
Posts Tagged ‘housing’
Report: Public Housing Works, When You Invest In It
Earlier this week housing rights advocates from eight different cities met with Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) in Washington, D.C. to voice their opposition to a bill that they say would privatize the nation’s public housing and push what they see as alternatives. Members from the Right to the City alliance, a [...]










