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Sun, 2013-12-29 20:24 — mdmcdonald

This working group is focused on discussions about housing.

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Estimated 60,000 people set to prematurely lose U.S. federal housing assistance

Thu, 2025-05-15 10:41 — mike kraft

60,000 people set to prematurely lose federal housing assistance The Emergency Housing Vouchers program was supposed to last through 2030, but funding will probably run out sometime next year. Anumita Kaur The Washington Post

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Housing: 60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress renews funds

Mon, 2025-04-21 19:35 — mike kraft

60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says that rental assistance for some 60,000 Americans fleeing homelessness or domestic violence will run out of money by the end of next year. AP News

... the program, Emergency Housing Vouchers, is running out of money — and quickly.

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U.S. Medicaid cuts its programs to improve housing and nutrition

Tue, 2025-04-15 11:53 — mike kraft

Trump to end federal funding of certain non-medical services in Medicaid The services are often aimed at improving housing and nutrition for people in the Medicaid program. John Wilkerson STAT

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Trump administration is seeking forced treatment instead of housing for the homeless.

Thu, 2025-03-27 11:14 — mike kraft

Trump Turns Homelessness Response Away From Housing, Toward Forced Treatment - KFF Health News The Trump administration is moving to end the “Housing First” approach despite warnings from providers and homelessness experts that the shift won’t work. But with homelessness rising, President Donald Trump could find allies in blue cities and states as the public clamors for streets to be cleaned up. khnangelah KFF Health News

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Trump administration halts program for helping preserve affordable housing

Wed, 2025-03-12 09:35 — mike kraft

Trump administration halts $1 billion program that keeps aging affordable housing livable The Associated Press has obtained a document showing that the Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing. AP News

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Analysis: How Trump Made It Suddenly Harder to counter Climate Risks

Thu, 2025-01-23 11:14 — mike kraft

President Trump’s energy agenda calls for drilling more oil and gas, something that could take years. But he took other actions this week that could more quickly affect the way the country prepares for and adapts to climate changes driven by the burning of fossil fuels.

In 2021, President Biden ordered the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to study the security implications of climate change and to incorporate them into defense strategy and other national security plans.

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Opinion: Improving builldings and infrastructure to strengthen resilience to climate changes

Wed, 2024-11-20 09:34 — mike kraft

Mitigation and adaptation: Building urban resilience to climate risks The challenges ahead are daunting, but we have the tools, data and collective responsibility to act decisively. With bold but science-based action, we can build a future that is both sustainable and resilient. For the international community, the time to act is now. Fang li,CGTN CGTN

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U.S. home insurance rates increase as climate change worsens disasters

Wed, 2024-11-20 09:21 — mike kraft

Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters – a look at how insurance companies set rates and coverage Insurance costs are rising quickly across much of the country. Hurricanes are part of the reason, but it’s the other perils common across the Midwest and Great Plains that complicate costs. Andrew J.

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Analysis: Sweeps of homeless encampments are thwarting Medicaid’s goals

Mon, 2024-09-16 11:07 — mike kraft

Tossed Medicine, Delayed Housing: How Homeless Sweeps Are Thwarting Medicaid’s Goals - KFF Health News As California cities crack down on homeless encampments in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling authorizing fines and arrests, front-line workers say such sweeps are undercutting billions in state and federal Medicaid spending meant to stabilize people’s health and get them off the streets. khnkit KFF Health News

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Tiny house communities for the homeless sprout in some US cities to help relieve the problem

Mon, 2024-06-17 11:34 — mike kraft

Micro communities for the homeless sprout in US cities eager for small, quick and cheap solutions In downtown Atlanta, shipping containers have been transformed into an oasis for dozens of previously unsheltered people who now proudly call a former parking lot home. AP News

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