What I’ve been reading (and watching) week ending 28 June 2026 https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-week-ending-28-june-2026-eaacd2eeac3a #housing #lean #economics #yagni #forensics #AI
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Following our reporting, Connecticut legislators overhauled the state’s towing law last year to make it more fair for low-income residents who couldn’t afford the fees to get their cars back.
But we found that some towing companies aren’t following the new rules.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-companies-ignore-new-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Connecticut #Towing #Cars #Law #Poverty #Housing #Landlords
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Federal housing officials spent years investigating cities from #Chicago to Memphis to Corpus Christi for putting industrial plants and unwanted facilities in poor, nonwhite neighborhoods.
Now, under Trump, the agency plans to drop the cases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-drop-housing-discrimination-cases-housing-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Housing #Environment #Pollution #Discrimination #Racism
Hurricane Helene Killed His Wife and Destroyed His Mobile Home. New Tenants Are Now Renting the Same Flood-Prone Land.
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Residents of a riverfront trailer park in the Appalachian Mountains have lost homes and loved ones in multiple storms. A policy gap puts mobile home residents in harm’s way again and again.
https://www.propublica.org/article/western-north-carolina-helene-mobile-home-fema-recovery?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NorthCarolina #Asheville #Hurricane #Housing #Home #Flood
NEW: Citing ProPublica’s reporting, leaders of Oregon’s House and Senate housing committees say they want to eliminate a law that exempts the detailed financials of subsidized housing projects from public disclosure requirements.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-lawmakers-seek-to-open-housing-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Government #Law #Transparency #Housing #Records