LAST WEEK’S HOUSING NEWS

Homes RI
2 min readJul 15, 2020

Catch up and gain some perspective. Take a look at last seven days of housing news.
07/08/2020–07/14/2020

“Something’s Gotta Give Here”: As 23 Million Families Could Face Eviction by October, Advocates Demand Federal Protection
Common Dreams
Julia Conley
07/14/2020

Rent Is Unaffordable In Every Single State In America
Huffpost
Laura Paddison0
7/14/2020

Mass Evictions Loom over Communities of Color
Nonprofit Quarterly
Karen Kahn0
7/14/2020

Reexamining How Racism Informs the Urban Development Ethos
Nonprofit Quarterly
Monique Johnson
07/14/2020

Minimum wage workers cannot afford rent in any U.S. state
CNBC
Alicia Adamczyk
07/14/2020

Rhode Island Lacks Protections, Plan for TenantsA Little Rhody
Julia Rock
07/14/2020

URI students may face housing crisis as Narragansett prepares to tighten laws
RI Central
Philip Cozzolino
07/13/2020

10 Steps to Take to Prevent Eviciton
New York Times
Ron Lieber
07/13/2020

The Government Is Walking Blind Into the Coronavirus Housing Crisis
New Republic
Alexis Goldstein
07/13/2020

23 million Americans could face eviction in coming months
CBS News
Aimee Picchi
07/13/2020

A Wave of Evictions Would Be Bad for Everybody
Bloomberg
Noah Smith
07/13/2020

This Recession Is a Bigger Housing Crisis Than 2008
Intelligencer
Eric Levitz
07/13/2020

Lenders Oppose Federal Effort to Weaken Housing-Discrimination Rule
Wall Street Journal
Andrew Ackerman
07/13/2020

As COVID-19 Safeguards End, Eviction Wave Begins
law360
RJ Vogt
07/12/2020

Governor unveils new eviction diversion program, but will landlords allow tenants to utilize it?
Uprise RI
Steve Ahlquist
07/11/2020

Rhode Island doubles rent relief funding, but advocates say more is needed
The Publics Radio
Sofia Rudin
07/10/2020

‘The wave has already begun:’ Evictions surge as cities suspend moratoriums
Yahoo Money
Akiko Fujita
07/09/20

The “Black Tax” on Homeownership
Nonprofit Quarterly
Debby Warren
07/09/2020

Evictions Are About to Explode and Fuel the Spread of Coronavirus
Newsweek
Jacob Jarvis
07/09/20

Renters face financial cliff ahead; limited help available
The Associated Press
Sarah Skidmore Sell
07/08/20

The U.S. Has An Affordable Housing Problem. Are Dead Shopping Malls the Solution?
Strong Towns
07/08/2020

Renters face financial cliff ahead; limited help available
Providence Business News
Sarah Skidmore Sell
07/08/2020

32% of U.S. households missed their July housing payments
CNBCAlicia Adamczyk
07/08/2020

September because of the pandemic — with the impact falling heavily on Black and Hispanic renters
Business Insider
Sarah Al-Arshani
07/08/20

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