Housing - Page 56

July 12, 2019

Steve Levy: Kamala Harris’ $100 billion giveaway to increase black homeownership could do more harm than good

Democrats seeking their party’s 2020 presidential nomination are in a competition to see who can give away the most money to the most people and expand government as much as possible – without admitting that the taxes we pay and the national debt would have to skyrocket to fund the giveaways.

July 6, 2019

Kamala Harris announces $100B plan for black homeownership, tackling racial wealth gap

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced that as president she would invest $100 billion of federal money into housing assistance for black families as part of an effort to close the racial wealth gap in the United States.

June 10, 2019

Ben Carson takes aim at red tape blamed for soaring housing costs

State and local governments are driving up the cost of housing through a web of regulations, industry groups and federal officials say – a situation that’s prompted Housing Secretary Ben Carson to call for new incentives to eliminate the red tape.

June 8, 2019

Trade union holds up Silicon Valley residential project over potential threat to birds

A California trade union is seeking to block a major residential construction project in the heart of housing-starved Silicon Valley, claiming there will be a bloodbath of birds due to the proposed building's reflective windows.

June 4, 2019

Homelessness jumps 12 percent across Los Angeles County despite $619M in spending

The number of homeless people in Los Angeles County jumped 12 percent over the past year, officials said Tuesday, despite $619 million in government spending to help alleviate the problem. 

May 22, 2019

HUD Secretary Carson wants to roll back Obama mandate on gender identity at homeless shelters

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson wants to roll back an Obama-era mandate that single-sex homeless shelters funded by his department admit residents based on their stated gender identity instead of their sex at birth, arguing that people could intentionally misrepresent their gender for malicious reasons.

May 21, 2019

Jessica M. Vaughan: Carson is right to favor US citizens in public housing

American citizens shouldn't be denied public housing that goes to illegal immigrants instead. HUD Secretary Ben Carson has a proposal to benefit US citizens.

May 21, 2019

Dems use hearing to repeatedly quiz, stump Ben Carson on abbreviations 

For Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee, Ben Carson’s unfamiliarity with certain abbreviations is nothing to LOL about.

May 20, 2019

Newt Gingrich: HUD Chief Ben Carson protects poor Americans and enforces the law – Why is that a problem?

In a bold move, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is both helping poor Americans and enforcing the law.

May 11, 2019

Trump administration moves to crack down on illegal immigrants in public housing

The Trump administration on Friday moved forward with a proposed rule to make it harder for illegal immigrants to use public housing -- the latest crackdown by the administration on immigrants seeking to use public assistance.