<p>Jasmin Belanger believed the deal was simple: pay off what she owed, and her landlord would let her keep her housing.</p><p>It wasn’t until months later that she learned it had left her with a permanent record of an eviction — despite there never being one.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-public-housing-eviction-repayment-agreements?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/maine-public-housing-eviction-repayment-agreements?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mai</span><span class="invisible">ne-public-housing-eviction-repayment-agreements?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#Maine</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/publichousing/" rel="tag">#PublicHousing</a> <a href="/tags/eviction/" rel="tag">#Eviction</a></p>
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<p>America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ<br>—</p><p>Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/greystar-realpage-doj-settlement-landlords-apartments-software?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/greystar-realpage-doj-settlement-landlords-apartments-software?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gre</span><span class="invisible">ystar-realpage-doj-settlement-landlords-apartments-software?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/rent/" rel="tag">#Rent</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/algorithm/" rel="tag">#Algorithm</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>😂 😂 😂 </p><p>We just had a blizzard in the Northeast <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> and in <a href="/tags/nyc/" rel="tag">#NYC</a> a news reporter just wanted some empty chatter about the weather</p><p>But her interview subject had other ideas</p><p><a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a></p>
Another day, another housing #MutualAidRequest ($495/$700)
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<p>You may be shocked to learn that providing people housing is a great way to fight issues surrounding the unhoused. In Denver, the number of encampments of more than 20 people dropped 98% thanks largely* to the new initiative.</p><p>"They have a door that they can lock. They have air conditioner in the summer, heaters in the winter. They have a place where they can receive their mail," Chandler said. "Really, an opportunity to start rebuilding their lives."</p><p><a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p><p><a href="https://www.denver7.com/news/front-range/denver/all-in-mile-high-initiative-reduced-large-homeless-encampments-by-98-third-party-evaluation-shows" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.denver7.com/news/front-range/denver/all-in-mile-high-initiative-reduced-large-homeless-encampments-by-98-third-party-evaluation-shows"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.denver7.com/news/front-ran</span><span class="invisible">ge/denver/all-in-mile-high-initiative-reduced-large-homeless-encampments-by-98-third-party-evaluation-shows</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/montreal/" rel="tag">#Montreal</a> I'm looking for ASAP leads for *dog-friendly* <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#housing</a> for one person (+ dog) living alone in Hochelaga/Centre-Sud. Do you know or live in a dog-friendly building with vacancies? Dog-friendly landlord with a spot? Lease-transfer? <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/438punk.house/boostRequest.png" class="emoji" alt=":boostRequest:" title=":boostRequest:"></p>
<p>Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.</p><p>But in some N.C. counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-aid-hurricane-helene-income-disparities?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fema-aid-hurricane-helene-income-disparities?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fem</span><span class="invisible">a-aid-hurricane-helene-income-disparities?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a></p>
<p>After Hurricane Helene swept through North Carolina in September 2024, the Hill family fought hard for every federal aid dollar available to rebuild. They were displaced by the deadliest inland hurricane on record. </p><p>Watch their journey to return home: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/rebuilding-after-hurricane-helene-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/rebuilding-after-hurricane-helene-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/reb</span><span class="invisible">uilding-after-hurricane-helene-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/helene/" rel="tag">#Helene</a> <a href="/tags/anniversary/" rel="tag">#Anniversary</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/aid/" rel="tag">#Aid</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a></p>
<p>Some 4 million people in the U.S. could lose federal housing assistance under new plans from the Trump administration, say experts who reviewed drafts of two unpublished rules obtained by ProPublica.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-housing-reforms-aid-hud-immigration-homelessness?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-housing-reforms-aid-hud-immigration-homelessness?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-housing-reforms-aid-hud-immigration-homelessness?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/homelessness/" rel="tag">#Homelessness</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p>
<p>After paying for hotel rooms to shelter homeless people, Seattle deliberately left them vacant.</p><p>By the end of 2024, taxpayers were spending $4,200 a month per empty room at a time when thousands of residents were without a roof over their heads.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/seattle-homeless-shelter-vacancies-civic-hotel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/seattle-homeless-shelter-vacancies-civic-hotel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sea</span><span class="invisible">ttle-homeless-shelter-vacancies-civic-hotel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/seattle/" rel="tag">#Seattle</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/hotel/" rel="tag">#Hotel</a></p>
<p>Roughly 5,000 North Carolina homeowners affected by Hurricane Helene are awaiting help from the state.</p><p>But records show problems like rigid rules and insufficient staffing, which occurred in a previous rebuilding program, are starting to surface.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hur</span><span class="invisible">ricane-helene-housing-recovery-program-lessons?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/house/" rel="tag">#House</a></p>
<p>What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 22 February 2026 <a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-february-2026-b7d5e04e95c9" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-february-2026-b7d5e04e95c9"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-bee</span><span class="invisible">n-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-february-2026-b7d5e04e95c9</span></a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#housing</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#economics</a> <a href="/tags/product/" rel="tag">#product</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/lean/" rel="tag">#lean</a> <a href="/tags/management/" rel="tag">#management</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a></p>
<p>During his reelection campaign last fall, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said you can’t “arrest your way” out of homelessness.</p><p>But a ProPublica analysis found that under Keller, the city has increasingly jailed homeless people.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-homelessness-citations-surge-tim-keller?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-homelessness-citations-surge-tim-keller?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/alb</span><span class="invisible">uquerque-homelessness-citations-surge-tim-keller?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/albuquerque/" rel="tag">#Albuquerque</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>What I’ve been reading this week ending 15 March 2026 <a href="https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-this-week-ending-15-march-2026-97dbd2fb1a28" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-this-week-ending-15-march-2026-97dbd2fb1a28"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-bee</span><span class="invisible">n-reading-this-week-ending-15-march-2026-97dbd2fb1a28</span></a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#housing</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/aging/" rel="tag">#aging</a> <a href="/tags/statistics/" rel="tag">#statistics</a> <a href="/tags/management/" rel="tag">#management</a></p>