Inslee proposes billions for housing, would need voter OK
2 years ago

Inslee proposes billions for housing, would need voter OK

Associated Press  

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee proposed Wednesday that state spending during the next two years prioritize housing, including an effort to quickly build thousands of units that would require the OK from Washington voters. The governor hasn’t proposed any new tax increases but the budget reflects new sources of funding recently passed by lawmakers: a capital-gains tax and revenues raised by a cap-and-invest program to curb greenhouse-gas emissions. To address the growing lack of affordable housing and number of people experiencing homelessness, Inslee is proposing the state raise $4 billion by issuing bonds outside the state’s debt limit. “Unfortunately, we no longer have the influx of federal funding we are using today to quickly build thousands of new supportive housing units for people experiencing homelessness,” Inslee said in a statement.

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Solutions: Harris promised 3 million new homes. States might actually make it happen
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Solutions: Harris promised 3 million new homes. States might actually make it happen

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris made a bold campaign promise: If elected president, she would get 3 million new homes built. Finally, when interest rates shot up as the Fed fought inflation, homeowners with historically low mortgage rates avoided selling their homes, leaving few homes for sale and many prospective buyers empty-handed. Economists believed Harris’ proposals — such as a large …

Housing crisis: How Kamala Harris, Democrats plan to increase homebuilding and affordable housing.
54 years, 11 months ago

Housing crisis: How Kamala Harris, Democrats plan to increase homebuilding and affordable housing.

Slate  

For the first time in memory, Democrats are running a national campaign with a focus on building more housing. “It’s no longer a controversial proposition anywhere in the country to say that we need more housing, it’s urgent, and the government should stop making it so damn hard to build.” Headlines about the Harris plan have been dominated by the …

The under-the-radar proposal to end homelessness in Los Angeles for $20 billion
3 months, 1 week ago

The under-the-radar proposal to end homelessness in Los Angeles for $20 billion

LA Times  

A homeless man waits for transportation to housing as Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program employees along with the Sanitation Bureau clean up homeless encampments along Hollywood Boulevard and Gower Street in Hollywood in August. It would cost $20.4 billion to end homelessness in Los Angeles in a decade, a price tag requiring local, state and federal governments to more …

‘Time for half-measures has passed’ say housing leaders amid record homelessness
4 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Time for half-measures has passed’ say housing leaders amid record homelessness

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But to do that, the Government should “create a substantial capital fund to enable …

Budget 2024: Tradies set to cash in as Albo pledges $11.3billion to build social and affordable homes
7 months, 1 week ago

Budget 2024: Tradies set to cash in as Albo pledges $11.3billion to build social and affordable homes

Daily Mail  

The Albanese government will unveil an $11.3billion housing package, predominantly designed to boost the supply of social and affordable homes, as a centrepiece of its May 14 budget. Revealing the announcement following a meeting of the National Cabinet on Friday evening, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Labor's 'Homes for Australia' plan would keep the Australian dream of home ownership within …

Your guide to the California Senate candidates’ views of housing and homelessness
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Your guide to the California Senate candidates’ views of housing and homelessness

LA Times  

The Burbank representative has backed legislation that has expanded federal funding for housing. He also supported the Ending Homelessness Act of 2023, legislation In the past, Schiff has used a federal grant funding mechanism known as earmarks — or money targeted at specific projects — to get money for nonprofits in his district. Both Schiff and Porter have released housing …

Biden administration announces new program aimed at reducing homelessness
1 year, 7 months ago

Biden administration announces new program aimed at reducing homelessness

CNN  

CNN — The Biden administration announced new steps Thursday to assist the nations unsheltered population, launching a new initiative accelerating local efforts in six of the nation’s most populous cities as part of a larger goal to reduce the country’s homelessness by 25% by 2025. According to the federally mandated Point in Time Count conducted every year by HUD to …

Social housing and homeless given $511 million boost in WA budget to allow for 700 new homes
1 year, 7 months ago

Social housing and homeless given $511 million boost in WA budget to allow for 700 new homes

ABC  

The Western Australian government will inject $511 million into social housing and homelessness initiatives under the state budget in its latest attempt to combat the housing crisis. Key points: There will be 700 new social housing homes and fixes to old properties Homeless people in regional WA and the Keystart program will also benefit Almost 30,000 people were on the …

Oregon lawmakers approve $200M for housing, homelessness
1 year, 9 months ago

Oregon lawmakers approve $200M for housing, homelessness

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers passed a sweeping $200 million housing and homelessness package on Tuesday, displaying a bipartisan will to tackle two of the state’s most pressing crises. Homeless don’t just reside in urban communities,” Republican state Sen. David Brock Smith, who represents a rural southern Oregon district, said on the Senate floor. Republican state Sen. Daniel Bonham, who …

Oregon lawmakers propose $200M for homelessness, housing
1 year, 10 months ago

Oregon lawmakers propose $200M for homelessness, housing

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Democratic lawmakers in Oregon have proposed a $200 million spending package to tackle homelessness and housing as the state struggles to build more homes and move a growing number of people off the streets. “Affordable housing has to be our number one goal,” Democratic state Rep. Maxine Dexter said during a news conference on Wednesday. “As a …

Editorial: Yes, it really will take billions of dollars a year to solve homelessness in California
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: Yes, it really will take billions of dollars a year to solve homelessness in California

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom has said that addressing homelessness is his top priority. The Corporation for Supportive Housing put out a report last month estimating that the state needed to invest $8.1 billion a year over 12 years to solve homelessness in California. The League of California Cities last month wrote a letter to the governor asking for “a permanent funding stream …

Minnesota joins other states in affordable housing promises
1 year, 11 months ago

Minnesota joins other states in affordable housing promises

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Weeks after the Biden administration announced new efforts to curb homelessness, Minnesota’s top political leaders promised Wednesday to “bring it home” on legislation that would expand affordable housing. It’s one of many affordable housing proposals that lawmakers will consider passing in the coming months, Senate Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic, of Minneapolis, told The Associated Press in …

‘A man-made disaster': Oregon’s new governor tackles housing
1 year, 11 months ago

‘A man-made disaster': Oregon’s new governor tackles housing

Associated Press  

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon’s newly sworn-in Democratic Gov. The first executive order declares a homeless emergency for most of the state; the second directs state agencies to prioritize reducing homelessness; and the third sets a housing construction target of 36,000 units per year, an 80% increase over current production, in a bid to address the state’s housing shortage. Kotek described …

Homelessness: Oregon’s next governor focuses on vexing issue
2 years, 1 month ago

Homelessness: Oregon’s next governor focuses on vexing issue

Associated Press  

SALEM, Ore. — Signs of the housing crisis in Oregon are widespread: cluttered tent encampments in city parks, and along bike trails and sidewalks, as well as people living in parked recreational vehicles. He will meet with local officials on Friday to “review the state’s collective approach to homelessness.” On Nov. 3, the city council of Portland, Oregon, voted to …

Column: Spending $800,000 for a single unit of homeless housing is a red flag for L.A.
2 years, 9 months ago

Column: Spending $800,000 for a single unit of homeless housing is a red flag for L.A.

LA Times  

Stephen Smith stands in his doorway at Chandler Street Tiny Home Village in North Hollywood in 2021. “It isn’t what Angelenos voted for six years ago,” said former city and county executive Miguel Santana, who cited multiple bureaucratic hurdles and worried that public frustration will make it difficult to win needed support for future investments in housing for homeless people. …

As WA's public housing waitlist ballooned, department spent a fraction of funds, report finds
3 years, 2 months ago

As WA's public housing waitlist ballooned, department spent a fraction of funds, report finds

ABC  

Across a nine-month period when WA was suffering from public housing and affordable rental shortages, just 2 per cent of a budget allocated to build new social housing and refurbish existing ones was spent, a report has found. Key points: Just over $500,000 of almost $100 million aimed at social housing was spent Shelter WA says it is concerning when …

More rental aid is reaching tenants to stave off eviction
3 years, 2 months ago

More rental aid is reaching tenants to stave off eviction

Associated Press  

Almost a month after a federal eviction moratorium ended, the Treasury Department said Friday that states and cities distributed money for nearly 1.4 million payments in August and the pace picked up from the month before. Among cities and counties, New York, Los Angeles and Miami-Dade County in Florida collective reached nearly 27,000 households and spent more than $347 million …

Innovative Housing First homelessness strategy faces regional WA housing shortage hurdle
3 years, 4 months ago

Innovative Housing First homelessness strategy faces regional WA housing shortage hurdle

ABC  

A long-awaited program that was intended to be a 'game-changer' in tackling homelessness in regional Western Australia is being hampered by an acute shortage of social housing. Key points: Housing First is a multi-million dollar strategy meant to find permanent homes for the people who are homeless A severe social housing shortage is hampering efforts to get the people off …

California will spend a record amount on homelessness. Here’s where it’s going
3 years, 5 months ago

California will spend a record amount on homelessness. Here’s where it’s going

LA Times  

A homeless encampment encroaches on the sidewalk at Wilshire Boulevard and Alvarado Street in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. In a deal reached last month, Newsom and lawmakers agreed to expand last year’s program to convert former hotels into permanent housing with federal coronavirus relief dollars and provide an additional $2 billion over two years to local governments. “We are …

Councilman Kevin de León wants 25,000 housing units for homeless people by 2025
3 years, 11 months ago

Councilman Kevin de León wants 25,000 housing units for homeless people by 2025

LA Times  

When the Los Angeles City Council opens its 2021 term on Tuesday, Councilman Kevin de León will introduce a range of motions with the goal of creating 25,000 new housing units for homeless people by 2025. In an interview, De León was light on details about how the city might generate enough housing to almost double the number of units …

Housing costs for the homeless rose to $531,000 a unit, L.A. controller’s report says
4 years, 3 months ago

Housing costs for the homeless rose to $531,000 a unit, L.A. controller’s report says

LA Times  

A 49-unit project for homeless and disabled veterans under construction in Lake View Terrace has hit a construction cost of $739,000 a unit. Controller Ron Galperin, in a report due Wednesday, also cited two projects whose costs soared to nearly $750,0000 per unit and assailed delays that he said have driven city-funded homeless construction expenses up from initial projections of …

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