Part of the reason Morgantown’s real estate market is so hot is because there’s a lack of available and affordable housing. So we’re not going to object […]
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I’ve covered Calif.’s homeless since before the word was used
by Dale Maharidge In 1980, I reported on Sacramento’s “public inebriates.” Most of them, a few hundred in all, lived in flophouse hotels. But some slept “in […]
Build anything anywhere threatens communities
YIMBY sounds nice. YIMBY stands for “Yes in My Backyard.” It’s a positive-sounding rejoinder to NIMBY, “Not in My Backyard.” The NIMBY label is being used to […]
$12.3M will support safe, affordable housing in W.Va.
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $12,368,832 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for 28 West Virginia […]
PACE Enterprises awarded FHLP-AHP grant
PACE Enterprises was recently awarded $750,000 from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh as part of the Affordable Housing Program. It will help fund the PACE […]
Solving homelessness crisis more about priority than money
If it seems like the homeless population has grown, that’s because it has — everywhere. According to the annual point-in-time survey, there are almost 71,000 more people […]
California has the right idea but the wrong plan for the homeless
by Claudia Sahm California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest attempt to reduce homelessness by forcing those who are living on the streets and experiencing mental health issues or […]
The federal government’s false land generosity
Washington bureaucrats recently announced that Southern Nevada governments will be able to buy federal land at reduced prices. In some cases, it might be as low as […]
Calif. has passed 100-plus housing laws since 2016. Are they working?
by David Garcia and Bill Fulton A slew of ambitious housing legislation has emerged recently in states as varied as Maine, Utah and Washington. Many of the […]
$9.7M will support affordable housing in West Virginia
Bartlett House in Morgantown and North Central WV Community Action in Kingwood are among more than a dozen housing agencies across the state to be awarded money […]