By Carey L. Biron, Christian Science Monitor Following a court ruling in December, housing subsidies will now be allocated based on the average rent of ZIP Codes, not entire metropolitan areas. The change provides greater access to higher-cost neighborhoods, which experts say could help fight segregation. … [Read more...] about Revised Federal Housing Subsidies Offer Mobility to Low-Income Residents (Christian Science Monitor)
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Hoping to Reduce Segregation, U.S. Revamps Housing Subsidy for the Poor (Reuters)
By Carey L. Biron, Reuters Washington (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tiara Moore, a public-school bus aide, has been living with her uncle and young daughter in a high-crime, high-poverty part of Chicago — and she’s wanted to move. … [Read more...] about Hoping to Reduce Segregation, U.S. Revamps Housing Subsidy for the Poor (Reuters)
How New Rules for Section 8 Voucher Payments Mean More Mobility for Voucher Holders (Next City)
By Oscar Perry Abello, Next City While officials currently at the highest levels of government may be delaying or undoing initiatives to end housing segregation, local public housing authorities now have a powerful tool to that end. Starting this year, local public housing authorities all over the country will be allowed to offer higher Section 8 rental assistance voucher … [Read more...] about How New Rules for Section 8 Voucher Payments Mean More Mobility for Voucher Holders (Next City)
As Ben Carson Signals Fair Housing Rollback, Advocates Call on Mayor Kenney to Put Forward a ‘Bigger and Bolder Vision’ (PlanPhilly)
By Jake Blumgart, PlanPhilly West Philadelphia resident Vivian Bailey, 76, spent much of the second half of 2017 couchsurfing. For the prior two years, he’d been a resident of the Penn Wynn building in Wynnfield, a quiet, leafy neighborhood on the city’s western border. But last May, the owners of the building decided to extensively renovate, displacing many of the … [Read more...] about As Ben Carson Signals Fair Housing Rollback, Advocates Call on Mayor Kenney to Put Forward a ‘Bigger and Bolder Vision’ (PlanPhilly)
The Trump Administration Just Derailed a Key Obama Rule on Housing Segregation (CityLab)
By Kriston Capps, CityLab The Trump administration is rolling back the deadline for a key rule on fair housing made into law under President Barack Obama—a change with potentially broad consequences for racial segregation. … [Read more...] about The Trump Administration Just Derailed a Key Obama Rule on Housing Segregation (CityLab)
