The New York Times, February 15, 2024, Mayor Adams Is Sued Over Failure To Comply With New Housing Laws The Legal Aid Society sued Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday for not complying with new laws meant to address rising homelessness and the influx of tens of thousands of migrants. In the coming days, the City

Boston.com, February 14, 2024, ‘We Need Housing’: Healey Tells Milton To Approve Multifamily Zoning Gov. Maura Healey is urging voters in Milton to vote yes during a special town election, which was rescheduled from Tuesday to Wednesday due to the letdown snowstorm. The town-wide vote will determine if Milton’s zoning bylaws will change to be compliant with the state’s MBTA

NBC News, February 14, 2024, ‘I Was Terrified’: Black Women May Prefer Black OB-GYNs Due TO Fear Of Discrimination, Dying During Pregnancy Fear of discrimination and dying during pregnancy and childbirth may lead pregnant Black women to prefer seeing a Black obstetrician, a small study suggests.  Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducted a series

Next City, February 15, 2024, The People Who Enable Thriving Affordable Housing Communities We’re falling behind in a host of crucial areas, from health care and nutrition to child care and senior care. Without these services, we see senior citizens struggling to make do, children unprepared to thrive in school, poor health outcomes for people of

The New York Times, February 13, 2024, Crypto PAC Jumps Into Senate Race, Opposing Katie Porter in California The biggest name and the biggest spender of crypto money in the 2022 election cycle is now awaiting his prison sentence for fraud and conspiracy. But new super PACs have sprouted up as the successors to the collapsed

The New York Times, February 13, 2024, Student Housing Has A New Mantra: Bigger Is Better Off-campus student housing complexes across the country are getting larger, some home to more than 1,500 students, and they are being built on prime parcels as close to campus as possible, as developers seek to better manage their bottom

Mother Jones, February 10, 2024, How The FBI Infiltrated Denver’s Racial Justice Movement The latest episode of Reveal looks at the FBI’s attempt to undermine Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

Gothamist, February 12, 2024, NJ Lawmakers Pass Bill To Get More Affordable Housing Near Transit, Grocery Stores The state Assembly voted 51-28 on Monday to pass the latest version of a bill that makes sweeping changes to how New Jersey assigns and enforces towns’ requirements to build affordable housing. It includes a number of incentives

Market Watch, February 13, 2024, Housing Costs Are Still Rising, But That Won’t Stop The Fed From Cutting Interest Rates For over a year, economists and financial market experts have been confidently arguing that shelter costs are on the cusp of rolling over. So it was a surprise to many when shelter costs accelerated in

Vox, February 13, 2024, A Prescription For Housing? For more than a decade, researchers and advocates have argued that housing is a fundamental part of health care. Beginning this fall, for the first time, federal Medicaid dollars will start going toward paying some people’s rent. It’s a significant policy development. Congressional regulations have long barred Medicaid funds

Star Tribune, February 12, 2024, Feds Investigating Edina Public Schools For Discrimination The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Edina Public Schools over alleged discrimination, months after two Muslim students were suspended for using a pro-Palestinian slogan while protesting the Israeli war in Gaza. Attorney Bruce Nestor announced Nov. 27 that he had filed a

The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2024, Tougher Rent Laws Are Behind Trouble At NYCB When New York Community Bancorp posted large losses last month and warned of more difficulties to come, it pointed to a significant cause for concern: troubled loans in a sinking corner of the New York City apartment market.  NYCB is the city’s largest lender on

USA Today, February 11, 2024, Older Workers Find A Less Tolerant Workplace: Why Many Say Age Discrimination Abounds Roughly two-thirds of adults over 50 believe older workers face discrimination in the workplace, according to a new AARP report. Of that group, 90% believe ageism is commonplace. The finding, based on a series of surveys in 2022 and