Tag: COVID-19

  • Housing Wait List Recap: December 14, 2020

    Housing Wait List Recap: December 14, 2020

    This week’s recap highlights Section 8, Public Housing, and other affordable housing waiting lists that have been recently announced for the week of December 14, 2020. COVID-19 Notice Due to concerns of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, some waiting list openings may be postponed until further notice, or submission instructions may be adjusted. The Affordable Housing…

  • Housing Wait List Recap: December 7, 2020

    Housing Wait List Recap: December 7, 2020

    This week’s recap highlights Section 8, Public Housing, and other affordable housing waiting lists that have been recently announced for the week of December 7, 2020. COVID-19 Notice Due to concerns of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, some waiting list openings may be postponed until further notice, or submission instructions may be adjusted. The Affordable Housing…

  • Small landlords facing big challenges during the pandemic

    Small landlords facing big challenges during the pandemic

    The coronavirus pandemic has certainly hurt low-income renters, who struggle even in the best of times. Lost wages and jobs, the fear of eviction, and the ongoing threat of COVID-19 exposure have made life even harder for renters. But with many tenants not able to pay the rent, landlords are suffering too, and small landlords…

  • Housing Wait List Recap: November 30, 2020

    Housing Wait List Recap: November 30, 2020

    This week’s recap highlights Section 8, Public Housing, and other affordable housing waiting lists that have been recently announced for the week of November 30, 2020. COVID-19 Notice Due to concerns of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, some waiting list openings may be postponed until further notice, or submission instructions may be adjusted. The Affordable Housing…

  • Housing Wait List Recap: November 23, 2020

    Housing Wait List Recap: November 23, 2020

    This week’s recap highlights Section 8, Public Housing, and other affordable housing waiting lists that have been recently announced for the week of November 23, 2020. COVID-19 Notice Due to concerns of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, some waiting list openings may be postponed until further notice, or submission instructions may be adjusted. The Affordable Housing…

  • Call your senators on Thursday to demand pandemic housing assistance

    Call your senators on Thursday to demand pandemic housing assistance

    Editor’s Note: Contact information for your senators and representatives is easy to find here. Join housing supporters across the country for “National Call-In Day” on Thursday, November 19th to demand that your representative and senators pass a coronavirus relief bill with critical housing assistance and protections. Sponsored by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), the…

  • Housing Wait List Recap: November 16, 2020

    Housing Wait List Recap: November 16, 2020

    This week’s recap highlights Section 8, Public Housing, and other affordable housing waiting lists that have been recently announced for the week of November 16, 2020. COVID-19 Notice Due to concerns of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, some waiting list openings may be postponed until further notice, or submission instructions may be adjusted. The Affordable Housing…

  • HUD Secretary Ben Carson has tested positive for coronavirus

    HUD Secretary Ben Carson has tested positive for coronavirus

    Dr. Ben Carson, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. Confirmed first to ABC News by his Deputy Chief of Staff Coalter Baker, Carson was tested at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. Carson reportedly has already left the hospital after…

  • Housing Wait List Recap: November 9, 2020

    Housing Wait List Recap: November 9, 2020

    This week’s recap highlights Section 8, Public Housing, and other affordable housing waiting lists that have been recently announced for the week of November 9, 2020. COVID-19 Notice Due to concerns of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, some waiting list openings may be postponed until further notice, or submission instructions may be adjusted. The Affordable Housing…

  • Housing Wait List Recap: November 2, 2020

    Housing Wait List Recap: November 2, 2020

    This week’s recap highlights Section 8, Public Housing, and other affordable housing waiting lists that have been recently announced for the week of November 2, 2020. COVID-19 Notice Due to concerns of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, some waiting list openings may be postponed until further notice, or submission instructions may be adjusted. The Affordable Housing…