The Republicans trying to dismantle the civil service aren’t cloaking their aims in euphemisms; they’re demanding that federal employees give their loyalty to the president, Russell Berman reports: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Feinstein Is dead! like I did with Other dead people, I need to stop anyone from white washig her legacy... So here we go:

SAY IT WITH ME, EVERYONE 📢🔊coloradoan.com/story/news/202…

Enjoyed hashing out good/bad of Department of Housing and Urban Development Sec. 8 w/ Jake Carlson, Ingrid Gould Ellen (Furman Center) & Will Fischer (Center on Budget) (& 1 v. vocal landlord) during UNCG's Housing Hangout. My 3-part Shelterforce series on universal vouchers is here: shelterforce.org/2021/08/19/uni…

Big day for housing in Saint Paul. Single-family-only zoning eliminated. Duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes etc. possible throughout our city. ADUs now easier to build. Density bonuses so aging homes can be updated to allow for more families & more affordability. We did it 🎉⚡️

Is tax increment financing a revitalization tool, a developer handout, or both? 🎧 Listen to Shelterforce's @Shelby_King explore TIF and how it works. apple.co/48MJhI4

Now we're talking

"The reason we can deliver this type of analysis is that we’re an independent, nonprofit newsroom," says Shelterforce Investigative Reporter Shelby King. Read her letter here: conta.cc/49DFwFe Help us continue this work by donating today: bit.ly/Give2Shelterfo…

The LIHTC program awards billions in tax credits each year to private market investors and developers who promise to build or preserve affordable housing. But the program is notoriously complex via Shelterforce's Shelby King @miriam_mjoy #WeekendReads buff.ly/49Fwpns

🔍 Introducing our new Under the Lens series: "LIHTC: The Good, the Bad, and the Very Complicated." Dive deep into the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program—the cornerstone of affordable housing finance—as seen from various angles. 🧵 bit.ly/LIHTC_Series #LIHTC

@miriam_mjoy 4/ Next, Shelby King explores how LIHTC rules are enforced and how well: bit.ly/3STtD8s

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit was created in a moment when other real estate tax preferences were going away—but at the time, no one expected it to grow into the main source of affordable housing finance in the country. bit.ly/3MSLsRd

Great to see the Homes Guarantee (peoplesaction.org/homes-guarante…) program keeping tenants' rights top of mind. It's been more than a year since Tara Raghuveer & other People's Action folks met with WH officials, covered here: shelterforce.org/2023/01/06/ten…

Climbing rents in recent years propelled US cost burdens to staggering new heights: in 2022, half of all US renters were cost burdened. This all-time high of 22.4 million renter households spent more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities. jchs.harvard.edu/americas-renta…

Renters making under $30k already faced the most severe struggle to afford housing. The report found the problem has worsened, to an all-time high of 83% of such renters being cost-burdened. npr.org/2024/01/25/122…

NEWS: The Kansas City Council voted 10-3 today to ban the practice of source of income discrimination, making it illegal for landlords to reject tenants who have a housing voucher. It means landlords can't reject applicants ONLY because of how they would pay rent.