Accessible Housing Is Important for Everyone
People want to continue living in the home where they are comfortable. Mike Ervin June 4, 2024 Read the full article here The Progressive
Category: Housing Conditions
As case proceeded without him, landlord sold houses where 29 children suffered lead poisoning
By Patrick Lakamp*
Read the full article from Buffalo News, here.
This rental home at 952 Northampton St. in Buffalo is one of three that will be put into a receivership after its owner abandoned the properties over a year ago. This house and the other houses at 78 Deshler St. and 610 Adams St. are part of a court case in which the property owner was sued by the state Attorney General’s Office for lead paint violations at over 60 homes.
Housing Crunch Turns Employers Into Landlords
By Michael Sasso
Read the full article from CityLab, here.
It’s a new twist on the old concept of company towns. “If you call anybody, they’re all buying houses for their staff,” says Kim Jensen, a Wisconsin restaurateur.
What Rising Gas and Rent Prices Mean for Families with Low Incomes
By Yonah Freemark
Read the full article from The Urban Institute, here.
Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, a shaky recovery from 2020’s recession, and, now, the war in Ukraine, inflation has shot up in the United States and in countries worldwide. For Americans, recent dramatic surges in gas prices and rent have increased the costs of daily life at a quicker rate than wages.