Should New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's effort on affordable housing falter, it would be a setback not only for the city over which he presides but for all who share his progressive vision in the United States and around the world.
The man who shook up the New York gubernatorial campaign with his catch slogan is getting the boot because his "rent is too damn low." Still, he was right about everybody else's rent.
While New Orleans hobbles toward recovery after Hurricane Katrina's punishing blows, a deep affordable housing crisis continues to hold back impoverished mothers:
While the government struggles to confront the mounting catastrophe on the Gulf Coast, a legal settlement in Texas is set to put hundreds of millions in long overdue relief funds into the hands of disaster victims. Since the 2008 hurricane season, some of the most vulnerable communities, who suffered displacement and other damage, have been short-changed by the Texas government's recovery plan.
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