New Orleans People were out in force in the Holy Angels meeting space in my neighborhood of Bywater in New Orleans. I got there ten minutes after the announced starting time, and it was standing room only. The convener said they had one-hundred explanatory packets laid out on table tops, but they clearly had …
Tag: public housing
Pay Higher Rent and Get Out of Poverty Quicker
New Orleans At first this idea may sound really, really stupid. Ben Carson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) responsible for financing the public housing and housing subsidy vouchers across the country has announced a plan in his words, “to give poor people a way out of poverty.” His plan to achieve this …
Terrible Idea of the Day: Evict Public Housing Tenants!
New Orleans Almost everyone else in America knows that we have a national affordable housing crisis. Maybe someone in Washington could take a minute out of their day pop by or send an email to Dr. Ben Carson, the head of Trump’s Housing and Urban Development (HUD) operation responsible for housing and give him a …