Tag: Public housing
An idea so bad it was bound to return: public housing
One of the biggest frustrations about getting old is hearing younger people propose ideas that were debunked decades ago—and then getting “eyes glazed over”...
Vacant apartments come from bad policy, not a conspiracy
On Halloween, 2022, some elected officials held a performative press conference to talk about “Zombie Apartments.” They claim property owners are engaging in a...
Turning point for public housing
In New York City, hundreds of public housing residents live in buildings where the elevators don’t work—like Building Four at The Bay View Houses,...
Cochrane on housing policy
John Cochrane, an economist at the Hoover Institution, was recently interviewed on the subject of housing, how we broke it and how it might...
HUD awards $2.7 billion to improve and preserve public housing
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded more than $2.7 billion to public housing authorities (PHA) in all 50 states, as...
CLPHA welcomes housing is infrastructure bill, applauds Chairwoman Waters for underscoring importance of public...
The House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled “Housing in America: Assessing the Infrastructure Needs of America’s Housing Stock” to examine the...
HUD and NYCHA reach agreement – again
On January 31, HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced an agreement to resolve problems at the New York City Housing Authority’s properties. In addition to...
Ferguson Missouri
When you leave a place, you are unwittingly marked with its memories. Such memories become framed in your perspective and there they remain, inherently...
The Michaels Organization changes lives in Baltimore
The newly -constructed rental community spans 76 units of affordable housing. Built by Bozzuto Construction Company, the new townhouse community will house low- and...
Making public housing work
A report issued by HUD in May drove home how few housing choices our poorest families have. It found that in 2007, nearly 13...
