Congrats to Queen Latifah on going back to her hometown Newark. She went back to break ground on a new affordable housing project. The entertainer returned to her birthplace to kick off the groundbreaking ceremony to transform the community responsible for her upbringing. Revealed publicly in 2016, the project is spearheaded by BlueSugar Corp. where […]
Cincinnati is focusing on doing something for the homeless. The temperature has already dropped this weekend, so hopefully, they do something soon. Via WKRC: “There is not enough shelter in Cincinnati and Hamilton County to deal with the affordable housing crisis,” said Spring. Spring said this is where the bigger issue lies. Cincinnati faces a shortage […]
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson got trapped in an elevator during his visit to public housing units in Miami, Florida earlier today, the Miami Herald reports. In a hilarious twist of fate, the painfully unqualified surgeon turned politician was riding the elevator with Miami-Dade County Public Housing Director Michael Liu and five others, when […]
For decades American government’s efforts to house the poor have relied on the construction of subsidized housing plots more commonly known as “Projects.” The term, originally used to describe the improvement projects city planners believed these developments would amount to, has instead become synonymous with inner-city blight and crime. Today, urban legend, news reports and […]
