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Treasury: Some tribes will get more money from CARES Act

By Felicia Fonseca May. 04, 2021 07:02 PM EDT
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Some Native American tribes will receive more money from a federal virus relief package approved last year after the U.S. Treasury...

How Maryland is working to vaccinate its homeless population

By Tori Bergel Of Capital News Service Apr. 26, 2021 06:55 PM EDT
On March 5, 2020, Maryland’s first three positive cases of COVID-19 were confirmed. On March 30, 2020, Gov. Larry Hogan issued a stay-at...

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge speaks at a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Federal low-income housing grant doubles in size this year

By Ashraf Khalil Apr. 06, 2021 12:15 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2020, file photo President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for Housing and Urban Development Secretary Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
HUD nominee pledges action to prevent home loss in pandemic

By Ashraf Khalil Jan. 28, 2021 04:36 PM EST

This image provided by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism shows HUD's traditional way of calculating homeless aid doesn't take into consideration how many homeless people live in a given area. The CARES Act required a one-time change to the formula to better address homeless needs. Had this new formula been implemented a decade ago, it would have dramatically shifted homeless funding nationwide. (Austin Fast/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism via AP)
Calculating homeless aid has relied on a flawed formula

By ​Andy Blye​ And ​Austin Fast Dec. 28, 2020 08:34 PM EST

FILE - In this July 15, 2020, file photo, job seekers exercise social distancing as they wait to be called into the Heartland Workforce Solutions office in Omaha, Neb. A second round of relief is poised to affect the finances of millions of Americans as soon as the end of this year. The $900 billion package includes $600 one-time checks for those earning under $75,000 — half of what people received from the original pandemic relief package, known as the CARES Act. For unemployed Americans, $300 of supplemental unemployment insurance will top other unemployment benefits for 11 weeks. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
What the new COVID relief package means for your money

Nerdwallet Dec. 23, 2020 12:14 PM EST

Kandise Norris, shown here with her three children in a Nov. 7 photo outside their home in Somerset County, Maryland, says she has been rebuilding her life since getting treatment for drug addiction in April 2019. The Housing Authority of Crisfield, Maryland, which owns her house, has filed three eviction cases against the 30-year-old since September. (Nick McMillan/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism via AP)
In public housing, a small debt can get poor tenants evicted

By Bryan Gallion, Maya Pottiger, Kara Newhouse, Ryan Little, Trisha Ahmed, Jenna Pierson, Anastazja Kolodziej And Allison Mollenkamp / The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism, University Of Maryland Dec. 18, 2020 09:00 AM EST

L.A. County calls off 2021 homeless count, citing COVID-19

Dec. 10, 2020 12:01 AM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The federal government has allowed Los Angeles County to cancel its 2021 homeless count over concerns that it can't be done safely or...

HUD Secretary Ben Carson tests positive for coronavirus; aide says he's in 'good spirits'

Nov. 09, 2020 12:20 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — HUD Secretary Ben Carson tests positive for coronavirus; aide says he's in 'good spirits.' ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a press conference outside UPMC Pinnacle Community Osteopathic Hospital in Lower Paxton Twp. on June 29, 2020. ( Joe Hermitt/The Patriot-News via AP)
Wolf won't extend state's eviction moratorium, office says

By Marc Levy Aug. 31, 2020 11:42 AM EDT

This July 24, 2020, photo shows a homeless encampment near a canal in El Centro, Calif. As support services have dwindled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some homeless people in Imperial County have resorted to bathing in irrigation canals. Homelessness looks different in different parts of the U.S., especially in rural agricultural regions such as Imperial County. (Anna Maria Barry-Jester/KHN and the Howard Center For Investigative Journalism via AP)
COVID-19 is ‘a crisis within a crisis’ for homeless people

By Molly Bohannon, Katie Surma, Austin Fast, Nino Abdaladze, Megan Lupo, Jamie Fields And Sanjana Garg Of The Howard Center For Investigative Journalism Aug. 24, 2020 02:04 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2020 04:07 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Aug. 18 The Times Daily on taxing coronavirus relief...

US judge says he'll rule quickly on funding for tribes

By Felicia Fonseca Jun. 12, 2020 12:07 AM EDT
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge in the nation's capital said Friday he will work quickly to deliver a ruling in a case centered on who is eligible for...

Houston mayor denounces state's plan to control Harvey aid

Apr. 23, 2020 05:05 PM EDT
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Thursday that he's offended by the state's plan to take control of more than $1 billion in federal funds...