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In the 1930s, the programs and agencies that eventually became the Department of Housing and Urban Development were focused on construction to alleviate the housing hardships caused by the Great Depression.

Mixed-income projects transform neighborhoods, decrease poverty and reduce exposure to environmental hazards.

The Industrial Revolution changed the landscape of economics and society, not once, not twice, but three times.

Going green remains front and center at every level of society.

For decades now, “it takes a village” has been part of the American vernacular.

I spent the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 watching College Football Bowl Games (Go Tigers! Clemson not LSU) and getting daily news updates on the recovery of Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin after his collapse on the field from cardiac arrest.

Don’t Drop the Ball in 2023

As I write this, I am already feeling nostalgic for the holiday season.

Homelessness first became a national issue in the 1870s. Back then the pejorative term referred to “tramps” traversing the country in search of work.

As fall blows in, we are nearing the end of our first full year back in person.

Have you ever had that feeling where something you are newly knowledgeable about seems to suddenly be everywhere?

I recently attended the National Council of State Housing Agencies conference in Chicago.