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Chicago pushes $21 M home-purchase program, state expands its own
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (429+ words) (The Center Square) " Affordable housing continues to be an area Illinois leaders seek to address through expanded taxpayer-funded spending at multiple levels of government in the state. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson touted what he said was a success in beginning…...
Clarksville Mayor Pitts defends city's takeover of senior center
16+ hour, 24+ min ago (145+ words) In a discussion during the first attempt to adopt the FY2027 budget for the City of Clarksville, Mayor Joe Pitts gave a defense of changes in operations and management of the Ajax Turner Senior Citizens Center. During a Special Session on…...
'Pass the bills' manufactured homeowners chant in Harrisburg
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (859+ words) (The Center Square) " Residents, lawmakers, and affordable housing advocates are pressing the Pennsylvania Senate to act on manufactured home community protections that have stalled in that chamber for one year." Speakers at a recent press conference in Harrisburg criticized out-of-state…...
"Affordability" Should Be A Winning Issue For Republicans
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (257+ words) In a post back in January, commenting on the November 2025 off-year elections, I remarked that the buzz-word of the moment for the Democrats appeared to be "affordability." Many credited that theme as being the winning issue that took the Virginia…...
Exclusive | Socialist DC mayoral candidate who sought Mamdani endorsement bought $1 M home after railing against single-family zoning
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (836+ words) WASHINGTON " Far-left DC mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George, who's been begging for an endorsement from NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, bought a million-dollar home in April after suggesting single-family zoning was a tool of "segregation," The Post has learned. The District…...
My New Washington Post Op ed on NYC Mayor Mamdani's Unconstitutional Housing Policy
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (21+ words) His plan to expropriate rental housing violates the Takings Clause, and would exacerbate the City's housing crisis rather than alleviate it....
Mamdani Drops Latest Spending Program for 'Affordable Homes"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (502+ words) New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a new affordable housing plan, vowing to spend $22 billion on his latest social program. The "Block by Block" initiative released on Tuesday was described by Mamdani's office as "a sweeping blueprint to…...
CNN Claims Commie Mamdani Using 'Capitalist Plan' to Fix "Housing Crisis
1+ week, 2+ day ago (786+ words) CNN Business reporter Nathaniel Meyersohn came out with an utterly ludicrous headline June 4 trying to retcon Mamdani's hammer-and-sickle persona, "Zohran Mamdani's capitalist plan to fix the housing crisis." No, you didn't misread that. Meyersohn is actually arguing that Mamdani's socialist…...
Why First-Time Buyers Can't Find Homes Anymore in California | Tia Patterson
1+ week, 3+ day ago (165+ words) California's housing costs are more than double the national average, and the inventory of homes people can actually afford to buy keeps shrinking. Hundreds of laws have been passed. The entry-level home has largely ceased to exist. So what actually…...
Spencer Pratt and Zohran Mamdani Should Both Follow This NY City's Housing Lead
1+ week, 4+ day ago (789+ words) Insurgent Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt and New York City socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani don't agree on much. Pratt proposes a major'increase in the LAPD's ranks; Mamdani'halted plans to hire'thousands of new NYPD officers. But the Republican Angeleno'and the…...