Recent News
-
Tuesday, Apr 09, 2019Posted in: Affordable Housing, California, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News, Housing
Affordable housing in California remains elusive
Although California lawmakers in 2017 passed several bills to ease housing construction across the state, affordable rental units remain out of reach for many low-income residents. In a new report by the California Housing Partnership, about two-thirds of the more than two million very low-income renters in the state spend more than half their income on rent.
Read More -
Thursday, Apr 04, 2019Posted in: Affordable Housing, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News, Housing
HUD pushes for affordable housing in Opportunity Zones
The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development is encouraging developers to build affordable housing in the 8,700 federally designated Opportunity Zones.
Read More -
Tuesday, Apr 02, 2019Posted in: Elizabeth Zach, Featured News, Water, Water Supply and Drought
How clean is US groundwater? Researchers remain uncertain
Although the U.S. federal government has monitored the country’s groundwater for the last 30 years, scientists say that only now can they begin to understand long-term pollution in the largest aquifers. The U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Quality Assessment says concentrations of chloride and sodium are on the increase, and in California, nitrate levels are climbing, according to Circle of Blue.
Read More