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California Seeks Homeless Bill Of Rights

A California state lawmaker wants to enshrine a homeless bill of rights to end criminalization of the homeless. The move by state Sen. Carol Liu (D) would create the Right to Rest Act, bringing to four the number of states attempting similar legislation -- Colorado, Hawaii, and

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City Wars With HUD Over Housing Law

In the face of vehement neighborhood opposition, Prescott officials enacted a new zoning law limiting the location of such group homes in single-family zoned neighborhoods. Velasquez’s complaint says the city’s law discriminates against the disabled because people recovering from alcohol or drug addictions are

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Rental Subsidies For L.A. County

A rental housing subsidy pool has been created by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) in a effort provide safe and affordable housing for DHS patients who are homeless and have complex physical and behavioral health conditions.

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Novel Home For Skid Row Homeless

A former shopping center with rooftop parking will take on new life in a project by nonprofit housing developer Skid Row Housing Trust, which provides affordable housing and supportive services for the homeless.

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Low-Income Housing For Prime Property

Marin Community Foundation seeks ideas from developers for a chunk of prime Marin County, CA land for low-income housing. The project emerged after filmmaker George Lucas, rebuffed by neighbors when he wanted to build a film-production studio on the site, decided to build low-income housing instead

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Campaign Builds For New Housing Bill

Thwarted by Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D-CA) decision to shutter the state’s redevelopment agencies, affordable housing advocates regroup with new legislation to provide $500 million a year for housing for low-income families

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Study Touts Housing Near Transit

Failure to focus on affordable workforce housing built near transit corridors will encourage businesses to locate elsewhere and threaten a region’s competitiveness. That’s the conclusion of a new UCLA study commissioned by the Los Angeles Business Council.

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San Francisco Mulls Micro Apartments

San Francisco requires new apartments or homes to be at least 290 square feet, but the city's Board of Supervisors is considering lowering that to 220 s.f.

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Fires Ease CDBG, HOME Restrictions

Colorado officials can reallocate CDBG and HOME Investment Partnerships Program dollars to help El Paso and Larimer counties recover from massive blazes. President Barack Obama on June 29 declared those jurisdictions disaster areas because of the fires.

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Eminent Domain Mortgage Seizures Slammed

Wall Street’s largest lobby, the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, mounts a campaign to fight municipal attempts to use eminent domain to seize homes and restore property values.

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