Tag: housing
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Hesperia Settles Housing Discrimination
By Dianne Anderson What brought down a $1 million settlement from the city of Hesperia and the Sheriff’s department for Black and Latino victims over “crime-free” rental housing policy could set the bar for more settlements to come. Kailin Scott hopes the recent Department Of Justice lawsuit sets a precedent that may open doors, and ... -
Family Resource Center Is All In for the Needy
By Dianne Anderson Everyone who flocked to the Inland Empire over the past few years in search of more affordable housing was in for a big surprise. Housing is about as expensive in the High Desert as anywhere else in the region. Community advocate Sharon Green sees a lot of suffering. It’s hard enough for ... -
Last Call: Free Rent $$$ Before Eviction
By Dianne Anderson Thousands of struggling renters and homeowners are now in a mad rush to get their applications in the queue to keep a roof over their heads. There is no time to waste. March 31 is the hard deadline. Some renters are behind by several thousands of dollars, and many are up against ... -
“Strike Force” Gives Teeth to Housing Laws
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media To advance housing access, affordability, and equity, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced earlier this month the creation of a Housing Strike Force. The team, housed within the California Department of Justice (Cal DOJ) has been tasked with enforcing California housing laws that cities across the state have ... -
CAP Pushes for Housing and Rental Help
By Dianne Anderson Much of the last year saw the Orange County Community Action Partnership scrambling to get back-to-back food distributions out to many thousands that lost their jobs. Things are finally starting to settle down a bit, but no one at the agency is getting comfortable with the current situation, especially as the end ... -
Byron Reed Brings Next Level Community Development
By Dianne Anderson Access to money – where to get it, how to make it, and how to keep it – is at the root of most community development concerns. When it comes to meeting local needs, a lot is on the table at the Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion, including help with housing, ... -
Biden-Harris Step up Efforts to Narrow Racial Wealth Gap
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Nat’l Correspondent President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are stepping up their efforts to narrow the racial wealth gap. Following the President’s visit to Oklahoma, where he observed the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Administration announced it would reinvest in communities that failed policies have ... -
Renters In Dark About Relief Funds
By Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media California is in the process of rolling out a massive billion-dollar rental relief program. It is designed to help people who fell behind on their rent due to the global coronavirus recovery. But many renters, including Black Californians who lease residential property, may not know about the state’s ... -
President Biden’s Racial Equity Initiative
Moving Marginalized Communities Toward America’s Bounty By Charlene Crowell On January 26, President Joe Biden took steps to bring the nation towards the long-promised, but never realized, pledge of racial justice. Four executive orders signed that day make clear that the new Administration will take meaningful and corrective actions. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was ... -
Biden Executive Orders Tackling Racism
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Sr Nat’l Correspondent President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders that his less than two-week-old administration hopes will be a catalyst to tackling America’s long-standing race problem. Biden’s action focused on equity and included police and prison reform and public housing. “America has never lived up to ...