Shelby R. King

What's Going On With the HUD Budget? As a federal government shutdown looms, advocates warn of cuts to affordable housing programs in the remaining months of FY 2025—and deeper threats in 2026.

We're heading toward a partial government shutdown if the Senate fails to pass a continuing resolution. But if the current continuing resolution passes, critical housing assistance programs will face significant cuts. Shelterforce's @shelby-r-king.bsky.social reports: bit.ly/3DSYlsW

What's Going On With the HUD Budget? As a federal government shutdown looms, advocates warn of cuts to affordable housing programs in the remaining months of FY 2025—and deeper threats in 2026.

What the hell IS even going on at HUD? I can’t answer that, but I did try to sort thru some budget shenanigans. If you need a quick-ish primer on what’s up (at least for now) for FY25 & FY26, @shelterforce.bsky.social is here for you. shelterforce.org/2025/03/13/w...

Delay, deny, defend

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At the National Housing Conference’s “Solutions for Affordable Housing” conference in DC. Sen. Warner says we need new questions/solutions to solve the affordable housing crisis, ones that will “stir the pot.” Send inflammatory questions 👂🏼

The Effects of Minimum-Lot-Size Reform on Houston Land Values Policymakers across the country are liberalizing land-use restrictions in efforts to improve housing affordability. In Houston these efforts have involved cutting minimum-lot-size requirements for sub...

My research on the effects of Houston's 2013 minimum lot size on land values is out now at Cityscape: www.mercatus.org/research/wor...

“Purchasing and converting an office building for residential use costs an average of $685 per square foot. Buying a completed multifamily property costs an average of $600 per square foot, while building a new multifamily development costs about $588 per square foot.”

‘Delete CFPB’: Musk calls for elimination of consumer bureau Republicans and the financial industry have long targeted the CFPB for what they consider its overly aggressive regulation.

So weird that a person who manufactures exploding cars wants to “delete” a consumer watchdog agency www.politico.com/live-updates...

Trump Disavowed Project 2025 During the Campaign. Not Anymore. President-elect Donald J. Trump has filled his administration with people who have ties to the right-wing manifesto.

shocked shocked etc www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

a mug reading I FINISHED THE POWER BROKER

lmao robert moses came up at the thanksgiving dinner table (duh) and my dad gets up, retrieves this mug from the kitchen and silently hands it to me. he bought it for himself. I can’t ☠️☠️☠️

Baby-boomer homeowners got rich from skyrocketing house prices. Now they can't find retirement housing. After building real-estate wealth from high housing prices, boomers are facing a shortage of suitable retirement housing.

Baby-boomer homeowners got rich from skyrocketing house prices. Now they can't find retirement housing. www.businessinsider.com/baby-boomers...

After Helene, a push to stave off evictions in North Carolina Some tenants who could barely afford rent in western North Carolina before Hurricane Helene have fallen behind and are now facing the possibility of eviction.

I'm glad to see that disaster-induced housing instability is now routinely covered by the press. The next step is for states to actually have disaster programs for renters in place before disasters strike!

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How Donald Trump Plans to Take Spending Control From Congress Donald Trump is entering his second term with vows to cut a vast array of government services and a radical plan to do so. Rather than relying on his party’s...

A Nixon-era law forbids presidents from blocking spending over policy disagreements. Federal courts have also prevented presidents from refusing to spend money unless Congress grants them the flexibility.

Trump seeks to upend it all.

A quick 1-min explainer by @josesepulveda.bsky.social ⤵️

Exclusive | Donald Trump has been secretly communicating with ‘man crush’ Jamie Dimon about White House agenda for months: sources Sources close to the Trump transition team said fellow Queens native Dimon, 68, has acted as “a sounding board” for the incoming commander-in-chief’s economic manifesto.

Gosh, folks, more MAGA populism!

"The revelations that Trump has sought advice from a 'kitchen cabinet' of Wall Street bigwigs comes after his appointment of staunch loyalist and hedge fund mogul Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary."

Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him Penelope Hegseth sent the email to her son in 2018 as he was in the middle of divorcing his wife, Samantha.

"You are an abuser of women": The searing email that Pete Hegseth's own mother sent him in 2018 accusing him of sleeping around, cheating on his wife and debasing and belittling women. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

That was quite the Friday news dump, eh? I suppose picking someone with no housing experience (or interest in housing?) is one way to ensure the dept. is set up to do your bidding. If you need me, I’m over here reading about Scott Turner.

I think the only thing we truly know is it won’t be Gaetz

Who Could Lead HUD Under a Second Trump Administration? The president-elect’s cabinet picks so far have been controversial, often alarming. What might that mean for housing?

Fitting for my first post, I think.