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New Homelessness Data: How Does California Compare to the Rest of the Country?

California’s homeless population remains the biggest in the nation, but the crisis is growing more slowly here than in most of the res...

New Homelessness Data: How Does California Compare to the Rest of the Country?

California’s homeless population remains the biggest in the nation, but the crisis is growing more slowly here than in most of the res...

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US Justice Department Accuses Six Major Landlords of Scheming to Keep Rents High

DENVER — The U.S. Justice Department is suing several landlords for allegedly coordinating to keep Americans’ rents high by using both...

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County Residents Reject Joining the City. Will It Be the Same in Southeast Fresno?

In 2020, the city and county of Fresno had to take special measures to allow a Fresno attorney to build nearly 500 homes on his family’...

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US Homelessness up 18% as Affordable Housing Remains Out of Reach for Many People

The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as ...

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Tents of unhoused people in Ashland, Ore. on Dec. 7, 2024. The number of people experiencing homelessness in America topped 770,000, a one-year increase of more than 18% and the largest annual increase since data began in 2007, according to a Department of Housing and Urban Development report released on Dec. 27. (Ruth Fremson/ The New York Times)..

Migrants and End of COVID Restrictions Fuel Jump in US Homelessness

WASHINGTON — Homelessness soared to the highest level on record this year, driven by forces that included a surge in migrants seeking asylum...

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Fresno’s Enviro Issues Won’t Get in Way of New Housing: IRS Building Owner

The owners of the massive IRS facility in southeast Fresno say they’re all in on new housing — and they’re fully prepared to mee...

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Wired Wednesday: Will New Homes Be Built at Old IRS Site?

GV Wire’s Edward Smith talks with KMPH Fox 26 “Great Day” anchor Jim De La Vega about plans for the old IRS campus in southeast Fresno. Owne...

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What’s the Future of Fresno’s Closed IRS Facility? Proposal Would Build Homes There.

Property owners have been trying to find a use for the massive IRS facility in southeast Fresno for some time. A proposal would tear down th...

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City, County of Fresno Reach Tax Agreement. Can Building Move Forward?

The four years the city and county of Fresno spent without an agreement on how to share property tax revenue led to contentious fights betwe...

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Average Rate on 30-Year Mortgage Hits 6.6%, Its Third Straight Weekly Decline

OWENSBORO, Ky. – The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the third week in a row, a welcome trend for prospective homeb...

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A resident of a senior center is evacuated as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. (AP/Ethan Swope)
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New Homelessness Data: How Does California Compare to the Rest of the Country?

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