Housing - Page 52

November 29, 2020

Seattle-area homeowners report ‘sovereign citizen’ property seizure attempts: report

Police in suburbs north of Seattle say so-called “sovereign citizens” have been visiting homes in at least two communities, presenting homeowners with official-looking documents, and announcing that they’re the rightful owners.

November 26, 2020

California officers face protest while trying to oust alleged squatters from state-owned homes: report

Protesters clashed with California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers Wednesday night after authorities removed and detained alleged squatters who occupied several vacant homes in Los Angeles, according to reports. 

November 13, 2020

Biden HUD secretary frontrunner praised top communist as her 'mentor'

The potential frontrunner to head the Housing and Urban Development agency under President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration could face opposition during the Senate confirmation process over her past praise for a Communist Party member.

October 21, 2020

Ben Carson blasts Biden's plan for American suburbs: 'We want people to be able to have choice'

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson sounded the alarm Tuesday over Joe Biden's plan to reinstall an Obama-era low-income housing regulation that the Trump administration rolled back in July. 

September 14, 2020

Jim Breslo: Luxury living for LA homeless – taxpayers coughing up this for new housing

Los Angeles is infamous for its homeless crisis, and it is getting worse, up another 16% this year to about 36,000 people.

September 8, 2020

Texas police who evicted Houston family on TV raise $228G to help amid coronavirus pandemic

The Texas law enforcement agency who served the eviction notice for a Houston family shown kicked out of their home on national television last week after losing their primary source of income during the coronavirus pandemic has since raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help that same family get back on their feet.

August 26, 2020

Office of Special Counsel says it won't be 'grandstanding' about potential RNC Hatch Act violations

The federal government office charged with enforcing ethics clarified its role in monitoring Hatch Act violations in light of so much media attention on complaints about the Republican National Convention and said certain areas of the White House are available for political activities.

August 23, 2020

HUD Sec Carson and Rollins: Opportunity zones key to lifting people out of poverty

Nearly 8,800 disadvantaged communities, home to approximately 35 million low-income individuals, are already seeing billions of dollars in new investments due to their status as “opportunity zones.”  

August 12, 2020

Newt Gingrich: Biden vs. suburbs — here's how Dem plan would declare war on American dream

The fight over the suburbs is going to be a fight over whether Biden’s Washington bureaucrats can dictate how to change every neighborhood in America without regard to the wishes of the people living there. 

August 12, 2020

Trump says 'suburban housewife' will vote for him over Biden, cites low-income housing policies

President Trump said Wednesday the "suburban housewife" will vote for him over his presumptive Democratic rival Joe Biden -- citing his. administration’s efforts to roll back an Obama-era low-income housing regulation that he says Biden would “reinstall... in a bigger form.”