Tag: Housing

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is an "educated fool," according to Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Maxine Waters: Ben Carson is an ‘educated fool’

Anna Giaritelli · September 21, 2017 3:04 pm

Several whistleblowers have alleged that while they were doing claims work for a company that was lowballing payouts for victims of Hurricane Sandy, they were pressured in various ways to lower their claims totals. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Top FEMA official was executive at company accused of hurricane claims fraud

Todd Shepherd · September 13, 2017 6:55 pm

According to a May 2016 Gallup poll, 55 percent of Americans under the age of 30 have a positive view of socialism. So, this Labor Day, as leftists invite you to step along their pathway to a workers' utopia, let us consider what capitalism has already achieved for this country, and especially for its wage earners. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Labor Day, freedom, and the wreck of socialism

Washington Examiner · September 4, 2017 4:01 am

Writer’s Seat

Andrew Ferguson · September 1, 2017 7:00 am

Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey surround homes and businesses in Texas. A White House aide said Thursday roughly 100,000 homes have been affected. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

White House: 100,000 homes affected by Hurricane Harvey flooding

Melissa Quinn · August 31, 2017 7:27 pm

Houston's relaxed approach to development should not be blamed for the destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey, as critics are saying, but rather the unprecedented nature of a storm that dumped as much as 50 inches of rain on the city, say planning experts and engineers. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Energy and Environment

Blame Harvey’s torrential rain, not development, for massive flooding, planning experts say

Josh Siegel · August 30, 2017 11:29 pm

Now is the time for leaders from both parties to work together to enact sensible mortgage deduction reform and to target the savings to address the growing rental housing crisis facing America's extremely low income families. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Yes, reform the mortgage deduction, but plow the revenue into low-income housing

Diane Yentel · August 16, 2017 4:01 am

Ode to a Couch

Ike Brannon · August 11, 2017 6:20 am

The boyhood home of President Trump, a 1940 Tudor-style house in Queens, N.Y., is on Airbnb and is being offered for $725 a night. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Trump’s childhood home available to rent on Airbnb

Melissa Quinn · August 9, 2017 5:29 pm

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would need up to $100 billion if another financial crisis struck, according to the results of "stress tests" for the two bailed-out mortgage giants released Monday. (AP Photo)

Fannie, Freddie would need up to $100 billion from Treasury in a crisis

Joseph Lawler · August 7, 2017 7:05 pm

In March of 2012, HUD suddenly shifted away from the use of competitive bidding for awarding Section 8 contracts and began using funding mechanisms which were more like grants. (Flickr)

HUD poised to end Obama’s illegal Section 8 housing grant scheme

Todd Shepherd · August 7, 2017 4:01 am

Senators from both parties praised the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit at a hearing Tuesday, with lawmakers calling to expand the break rather than limit it. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Affordable housing tax break has bipartisan support in tax reform effort

Joseph Lawler · August 1, 2017 5:30 pm