Brown is blessed because, according to Apartments.com, rent for a one-bedroom sits between $4,500 to $7,200.
This city is 22.3 percent Black and a great place for ambitious Black women.
Queen Latifah returned to her hometown of Newark, New Jersey to help rebuild the blocks of her old stomping grounds
(New York Times) — It has long been the standard practice in medical testing: Give drug treatment to one group while another, the control group, goes without. Now, New York City is applying the same methodology to assess one of its programs to prevent homelessness. Half of the test subjects — people who are behind on […]
(Chicago Tribune) — A key City Council committee voted Monday to set aside about $100 million a year from special taxing districts to build or preserve affordable housing, even though Mayor Richard Daley opposes the idea. The plan backed by affordable-housing advocates was approved by the Finance Committee on a 13-8 vote but needs at least […]
(Huffington Post) — Officials now estimate that a crowd of 30,000 turned out, three times what they had originally anticipated. Some in attendance may have been accompanying actual applicants even if they were not applying themselves. 13,000 applications were handed out. The large numbers indicate a huge demand, but there is literally no supply. The housing agency […]
(The Huffington Post) — President Barack Obama’s signature plan to combat the housing crisis has fallen short of its goals — rather than significantly and permanently reducing home foreclosures, it is only delaying them. The administration unveiled its Making Home Affordable plan in February 2009. Obama vowed in front of an audience gathered at Dobson High […]
(Afro) –The race for Ward 1 representation in the D.C. City Council is shaping up as one of the most heated contests leading up to the Sept. 14 primary if a recent candidates’ forum is any indication. A July 29 forum convened in downtown Washington to familiarize voters with Ward 1 candidates got off to […]
(Afro) — Members of a grass roots organization determined to make affordable housing more accessible to District resident are taking Mayor Adrian Fenty to task. They say two years ago he promised to build some 94 units from $7.8 million of city funding. According to Rosemary Ndubuizu, a coordinator for the tent city set up […]
(Crain’s) — Affordable housing built with help from the use of federal low-income housing tax credits has a positive impact on distressed neighborhoods in the city and is crucial to economic development, according to a new study scheduled for release Wednesday. The study found that the use of federal low-income housing tax credits is crucial to […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — In its first bond deal in three years, the Atlanta Development Authority closed bonds this week on a $19 million project to finance the Amal Heights Townhouses. The 192 three-bedroom units will be completely refurbished, and when the project is done, 85 percent of the town homes will be rated as […]