Tag: rent
Gov. Newsom signs legislation to prohibit use of algorithms to artificially...
Advocates of the law called AB 325 "groundbreaking" and said it's a "critical step in addressing California's affordability crisis by cracking down on tech-enabled price manipulation."
The Homeless Garden Project is opening new doors to helping the...
This one-year program provides transitional employment, job training, and housing resources for people experiencing homelessness.
A lawyer who helped the Kushners crack down on poor tenants...
This attorney used to represent companies owned by Trump’s in-laws, whose apartments were known for shoddy maintenance and aggressive legal tactics.
Justice Department sues six of the nation’s largest landlords in effort...
Together, the six landlords manage more than 1.3 million apartments in 43 states and the District of Columbia.
Biden proposes national rent control: Caps to target major corporate landlords...
The announcement, scheduled for Tuesday in Nevada, comes as Biden seeks re-election and tries to tackle one of the most pressing issues facing American renters.
The rent crisis: Half of US renters face unprecedented housing affordability...
The study reveals a staggering 50 percent of U.S. renters were dedicating more than 30 percent of their income to cover rent and utilities.
Sky-high US housing costs fuel record surge in homelessness
"The COVID relief funds provided a buffer. We're seeing what happens when those resources aren't available."
If we can pass big infrastructure bills, why can’t we keep...
The government can create the money it needs if it wants to. It just has to decide it wants to.
The eviction crisis is a race and gender wage gap issue
There is a direct correlation between this racial, gendered wage gap and evictions.
‘A devastating failure’: Eviction ban expires as House goes on vacation...
"We cannot be abandoning the up to 11 million Americans that are in need, particularly when emergency rental assistance—the $46 billion that we authorized—has not gotten out."
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
No king but madness reigns
Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.