The Department of Labor’s July 2020 job report shows that the U.S. economy added 1.8 million jobs and the unemployment rate dropped from 11.1 to 10.2 percent last month.

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Yesterday, Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced a proposal to create a new $2 billion fund that would automatically provide capital for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) during a natural disaster or economic crisis.

In an op-ed published in The Hill, a group of social work and real estate scholars note that the Covid-19 pandemic has emphasized that homelessness is a public health emergency that must be addressed by housing families experiencing homelessness.

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A New York Times article explains that overcrowding in housing, not density, has defined many coronavirus hot spots across the country.

HUD’s termination of the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule – through the adoption of the new Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice rule without an opportunity for public comment – gained national attention after President Trump used Twitter earlier this week to frame the termination of the AFFH rule as a relief for suburbs who were “bothered or financially hurt by having low income housing built in [their] neighborhood,” making incorrect assertions that low-income housing lowers property values and increases neighborhood crime.

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