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Ogdensburg seeking public input on plan to seek funding for housing study

Ogdensburg wants the public input as it prepares to seek funding for a grant aimed at identifying the city’s housing needs.

Effort to exempt new apartment buildings in L.A. from ‘mansion tax’ moves forward

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council directed the city attorney to draft a ballot measure that would exempt new ...

Calgary’s efforts to boost non-market housing mired in delay

Improvements introduced by housing strategy, alongside funding programs, have been slow to meet the scale of the challenge ...
The Sun Chronicle

J.T. Poston handles the wind at Memorial for low round of tournament and the lead

J.T. Poston stepped onto the putting green Friday at the Memorial just in time to feel the first gust of wind, knowing a ...
KTHV

Arkansas awarded $13.3M in federal funding to create 698 affordable housing units statewide

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA) announced that the state has been awarded $13.3 million from the 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) program, which will be ...
New York Daily News

Mayor Mamdani ran on a plan to bring more housing to NYC. Here’s how he plans to do it

Mayor Mamdani on Tuesday unveiled a $22 billion, five-year plan to address the city’s housing crisis by building 200,000 new affordable units and preserving another 200,000 over the next decade. In ...
Commercial Observer

Mamdani Unveils Housing Plan to Create 200K New Homes, Among Other Reforms

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday a slew of policy changes designed to build 200,000 new homes in New York City, specifically in districts with the lowest amounts of affordable housing. While the ...
KQED

Artist Housing Advocates Eye a ‘Once-in-100-Year’ Opportunity

This story is part of How We Get By, a KQED series exploring how people are coping with rising costs in the Bay Area and California. Find the full series here. Artist Space Trust, a new Bay Area ...
Reuters

Gloom in UK housing market shows no sign of lifting, RICS survey shows

May 14 (Reuters) - Buyers in Britain's housing market stayed downbeat last month as the economic fallout from the Iran war and rising mortgage rates weighed on sentiment, a ‌survey from the Royal ...
Channel 3000

Janesville employees accused of using position to route housing benefits to family members

JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Two City of Janesville Housing Services employees are accused of using their positions to fraudulently route housing benefits to their family members. Alicia Alvarado, 36, of ...
Housing Finance

Survey: Voters Want Congress to Pass Housing Plan

Voters are eager for Congress to act on housing affordability, according to a new national survey by the Bipartisan Policy Center. Nearly 4 in 5 voters, 79%, say the cost of housing is extremely or ...
Noozhawk

Santa Barbara Changing Policy, Fees in Effort to Create More Affordable Housing

The Santa Barbara City Council has approved 10 recommended amendments for the city's inclusionary housing and in-lieu fee program. Credit: Rebecca Caraway / Noozhawk photo Santa Barbara is pursuing ...