LAST WEEK’S HOUSING NEWS

Homes RI
2 min readJul 22, 2020

Catch up and gain some perspective. Take a look at last seven days of housing news.
07/15/2020–07/21/2020

RI HOUSING

New report shows housing is out of reach for many in RI
Uprise RI
Steve Ahlquist
07/15/2020

Report: R.I. needs to invest in affordable housing
Providence Journal
Katie Mulvaney
07/15/2020

RACISM IN HOUSING

Seeking Suburban Votes, Trump Targets Rule To Combat Racial Bias In Housing
NPR
Danielle Kurtzleben
07/21/2020

How zoning laws exclude Black families from areas of economic opportunity
Fortune
Jeffery Hayward
07/21/2020

Community groups push for ‘Justice Budget;’ call for affordable housing, economic justice, and defunding prisons and police
Uprise RI
Steve Ahlquist
07/20/2020

Systemic Racism Starts and Ends with Housing
Shelterforce
Gail Schechter
07/17/2020

The Damaging Racism Hiding in Mortgages — Even Today
Realtor.com
Clare Trapasso
07/20/2020

HOMELESSSNES

What the Coronavirus Proved About Homelessness
The Atlantic
Yasmeen Serhan
07/18/2020

Why Communities Should Prioritize Rapid Re-housing for People Forced to Live Outside
Urban
Samantha Batko
07/16/2020

LGBTQ RIGHTS

A proposed anti-trans rule would let homeless shelters judge who’s a woman
Vox
Katelyn Burns
07/17/2020

ROI OF HOUSNIG

Pandemic To Weigh On Home Remodeling Spending Through Mid-year 2021
JCHS
Abbe Will
07/16/2020

HOMEOWNERSHIP

Millions of Americans have their mortgages in forbearance programs — here’s why those using private lenders may face bigger challenges
CNBC
Megan Leonhardt
07/15/2020

This Moment Calls for Finally Making Homeownership Access Fair
Shelterforce
Doug Ryan
07/15/2020

U.S. Mortgage Delinquencies Spike
Planetizen
James Brasuell
07/15/2020

EVICTION CRISIS

We can’t afford to wait’: Many coronavirus relief measures are set to soon expire. But the crisis is still raging.
NBC News
Allan Smith
07/20/2020

Wave of evictions could hit U.S. as protections and benefits expire
Marketplace
Jasmine Garsd
07/17/2020

Evictions Are Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels As Moratoriums Expire
Forbes
Jemima McEvoy
07/17/2020

An ‘eviction apocalypse’ is coming, experts warn. Black women will bear the brunt.
The Lily
Abigail Higgins
07/17/2020

#CancelRent
Vox
Haleema Shah
07/16/2020

Eviction Looms for Millions of Americans Who Can’t Afford Rent
Wall Street Journal
Paul Kiernan
07/16/2020

In wake of coronavirus, a looming epidemic of evictions
Yahoo Money
Christopher Wilson
07/16/2020

Obstacles Remain in the First U.S. City to Cancel Rent
Planetizen
James Brasuell
07/16/2020

A ‘tsunami of evictions’ is coming, warn housing advocates
NBC News
Leticia Miranda
07/15/2020

An Eviction Crisis Is Coming — We Need to Treat Housing as a Right
Teen Vogue
Kandist Mallett
07/15/2020

As Eviction Bans Expire, Renters Turn to Credit Cards
Talk Poverty
Morgan Baskin
07/15/2020

How eviction is feeding — and being fed by — the pandemic
Popular Science
Kat Eschner
07/15/2020

As Protections Expire, Millions Of Americans Face Threats Of Eviction
Morning Edition
Noel King
07/21/2020

A federal eviction moratorium ends this week, putting 12 million tenants at risk
Washington Post
Renae Merle
07/21/2020

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