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Trump HUD, HUD rental assistance time limit, Trump housing cuts, Trump housing policy, Trump HUD policy theGrio.com
July 17, 2025
Trump’s proposed two-year limit on HUD rental assistance could displace 1.4 million low-income families amid a worsening housing crisis
thegrio, housing policy, eviction, education policy
April 28, 2025
Schoolchildren threatened with eviction are more likely to end up at another school, often with more poverty and lower test…
thegrio, housing crisis, domestic abuse, homelessness
April 21, 2025
It would be among the largest one-time losses of rental assistance in the U.S., and the evictions could churn these…
Scott Turner AFFH, theGrio.com
March 11, 2025
Affordable housing experts and advocates say it will harm Black communities and vulnerable minorities the most.
First time home buyer
December 18, 2024
Progress in Black homeownership is declining, according to the 2024 State of Housing in Black America report.
March 5, 2023
After surging in 2021 and most of 2022, rent growth has begun to moderate amid slowing demand and new apartment…
November 18, 2022
A group of Black residents have filed a lawsuit claiming racial discrimination in a housing development associated with the Georgia…
October 15, 2022
Some leaders in the real estate industry are apologizing for past discrimination while promising to address problems that still remain.
May 13, 2022
The deeds "document the institutionalized racism of the past that we must live with today,” says ASU professor Rashad Shabazz.
May 11, 2022
Low-income renters in Detroit who are facing eviction can now receive free legal assistance thanks to a newly passed ordinance.
April 27, 2022
Detroit-based First Independence Bank plans to address Minnesota's racial disparities in income and wealth. 
Signing Lease theGrio.com
April 14, 2022
A report finds renters of color are paying an average of $294 more than white renters due to a series…
March 23, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris announced a plan intended to end racial and ethnic discrimination in the appraisal of home values.
March 3, 2022
The Department of Treasury plans to establish a Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity within the Federal Register.
January 17, 2022
Twelve members of a Philadelphia family were buried in a public funeral today after they poerished in a rowhouse fire.
November 9, 2021
The spike in rental and home prices makes it challenging for renters to pay other bills, most especially in Black…
President Biden
November 2, 2021
The Biden-Harris administration ran a campaign built upon sweeping appeals to working class Americans, especially Black voters. As the year
October 23, 2021
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday the department is investigating several cases and expects to open more in the coming…
Morehouse thegrio.com
October 7, 2021
Zillow's first HBCU Housing Hackathon drew more than 150 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
August 21, 2021
Alabama and Georgia landlords turn to SCOTUS after panel upholds an eviction moratorium reinstated by the CDC earlier this month.