The "Teacherville" initiative covers down payment and closing costs for home purchases.

Opinion

This budget season, the D.C. Council has an incredible opportunity to reflect on the lessons of progressive, pandemic spending. The Council will take its final vote on the budget on Tuesday.

News

The history of public housing is a complex one, with both successes and failures.

Good News

Queen Latifah broke ground on a community-driven real estate development project in her hometown of Newark.

Fudge says that when coupled with the full promise of the Biden administration's Build Back Better Agenda, this is a chance in a lifetime to fundamentally transition the way individuals and families are housed and supported in communities. Housing affordability also includes homeownership and support for making that pathway more accessible to a broader group of people.

Good News

The former home of Atlanta’s first Black mayor Maynard Jackson will be transformed into affordable housing.

Good News

A Black-owned real estate development company is fighting gentrification in Atlanta through the creation of affordable housing.

Good News

Queen Latifah is creating an affordable housing complex in Newark.

Two new housing studies shed light on the challenges Blacks face in finding quality, affordable housing.

Cook County’s Black population has declined for a seventh consecutive year.

New York's storied history of gentrification, gerrymandering and inflation makes affordable housing a convoluted issue.

Nation

President Obama made history on Friday by becoming the first U.S. sitting president to visit the Hiroshima bomb site in Japan. The city was destroyed 71 years ago by the world’s first atomic bomb, dropped by American forces. Prior to his arrival, a large crowd gathered by the memorial site. President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister […]