Proposed Legislation for Housing Market Would Remove SEC Control Over Major Cryptocurrencies – Decrypt
Simply put The recent draft of the House of Representatives’ Crypto Market Structure Bill seems ready to reduce SEC oversight on most crypto assets. This bill revises the Securities Act from the 1930s to exempt certain digital assets. It will also transfer oversight of secondary market transactions for many of these assets from the SEC […]
Trump suggests major reductions to the ineffective Section 8 housing program.
Proposed Cuts to Housing Assistance President Trump’s administration has recently released a budget plan that suggests significant reductions across federal agencies, particularly targeting the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The proposed budget calls for a cut of more than 40% to discretionary funding within this department. The document describes the existing rental assistance […]
Protests break out after NYC changes affordable housing plans to a homeless shelter.
Protesters descended on Brooklyn, New York over the weekend, opposing the city’s proposal to establish a homeless shelter, a move that many residents described as a “bait and switch.” On Sunday, hundreds rallied in Sheepshead Bay, chanting about voting rights after city officials announced plans for a shelter on land previously designated for affordable housing […]
Bush housing official states that the US has created a $21 trillion ‘city’ for the wealthy and influential in a time of ‘near-extinction event’
A former housing officer, who worked under President George H.W. Bush, has claimed that wealthy individuals have invested years into constructing a secret underground “city” for emergencies. Katherine Austin Fitz, who was the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1989 to 1990, made this surprising assertion during an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s podcast, although […]
Reform UK aims to prevent housing asylum seekers in its council regions, according to the chair.
Reformed Britain has pledged to utilize “all instruments of power” to oppose the placement of asylum seekers in areas now overseen by Parliament, according to the party’s chairman. Zia Yusuf, the party chair and a significant donor, acknowledged that home offices might struggle to prevent asylum seekers from being housed in hotels that have contracts […]
Voting Begins In Australia With Cost of Living and Housing as Main Issues for Voters
Sydney: Australians hit the polls on Saturday, showing a tendency to back Labour Prime Minister Anthony Albanese over conservative challenger Peter Dutton. Many voters seem eager for change, although concerns about Donald Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy linger in the background. Voting ran from 8am to 6pm, in a nation with mandatory voting, and by Saturday, […]
An irresponsible sale of public land won’t fix the housing issue.
As the rising costs of housing cause significant economic strain, some areas in Washington are seizing this moment to advocate for questionable suggestions to sell off public lands in the U.S. Due to stagnant construction rates, there’s a pressing need for a focused approach to support struggling families while increasing the availability of affordable housing. […]
California’s Broke Medicaid Program Has Been Spending on … Homeless Housing
California’s Medicaid version of Medi-Cal is spending on unrelated programs such as housing, running an extreme deficit, and the state has had to borrow more than $6 billion to save it. As Breitbart News reported last month, Gavin Newsom’s administration had to seek a $6 billion loan to prevent the program from collapse due to […]
Senate Democrat applauds Trump plan to use federal lands for housing
Sen. Reuben Gallego (D-Ariz.) praised President Trump’s plan to use federal land to build affordable public housing across the country. Gallego, a Wednesday letterpraised the formation of a joint task force on federal land for housing, and encouraged the administration to have a balanced approach to land development that prioritizes environmental management. The task force […]
Leftists to blame for much of the US housing crisis — as almost a third of Americans are ‘housing-poor’
It was typical of Joe Biden’s presidency, but when faced with difficult problems, he blames his ironic approach of finding a scapegoat, making promises he hasn’t tried to keep. His response to last year’s housing affordability crisis was a textbook case: denounced landlords and greedy real estate agents, making the false promise that his administration […]