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Senators want HUD to address radon in subsidized housing
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine is part of a group of senators taking the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to task for failing to protect public housing residents from radon gas. The bipartisan group is requesting a meeting with agency Secretary Ben Carson to...
Washington state can’t tell if housing tax exemption working
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — It’s hard to tell whether a tax exemption used to build more than $4 billion in multifamily housing projects across Washington over the past four years is working as intended as a prime motivator to drive development, both affordable and market rate. A 2019 legislative audit of...
Connecticut officials seek better federal housing oversight
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials on Friday called on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to immediately improve its oversight of a federal voucher program for affordable housing, noting they found “grievous flaws” in the agency's inspection process while trying to...
Displaced families await post-quake housing in Puerto Rico
PONCE, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Antonetti family sat in the shade of a tree eating orange slices while contemplating the long day ahead of them in a dusty parking lot in southern Puerto Rico. Behind them stood their temporary home: a four-door compact car whose back seat is reserved for 89-year-old Luis...
Microsoft: $250M more for affordable housing in Seattle area
SEATTLE (AP) — One year after Microsoft announced it was committing $500 million toward affordable housing in the Seattle area, it's upping that by half. The additional $250 million will provide a line of credit to help the Washington State Finance Commission finance about 3,000 additional units of...
Huntington Beach agrees to settle state housing lawsuit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Huntington Beach has agreed to settle a state lawsuit that tried to force it to end years of opposition to meeting low-income housing goals. The tentative settlement revolves around a proposed amendment that would exempt housing projects from limits if they reserve at least 20% of...
Neighbors sue to block Hawaii affordable housing complex
HONOLULU (AP) — Residents near a planned affordable housing project in Hawaii filed a lawsuit to prevent construction of the apartment complex. Neighbors of the proposed Hale Makana O Maili project on Oahu say the complex is out of place and not correctly permitted, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported ...
Tests: No carbon monoxide in baby deaths at housing complex
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's state medical examiner's office said Thursday that it found no sign of carbon monoxide poisoning in the deaths of two infants at a public housing community where the gas has forced evacuations. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner issued a news release Thursday...
Walz proposes $276 million for affordable housing projects
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota should borrow $276 million to invest in safe and affordable housing projects across the state to benefit the homeless, seniors, families and veterans who have been shut out of the market, Gov. Tim Walz said Thursday. The Democratic governor outlined his proposal at Minnehaha...
City in Colorado won't sell affordable housing complexes
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — City officials in Colorado have declined an offer from an Indiana-based company interested in buying multiple affordable housing complexes in the city. RealAmerica Companies approached the city of Aspen and the Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority in August asking if they were...
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