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DC policymakers considering TOPA changes should understand the implications for owners and renters of two-to-four-unit rental buildings.
How Developing a Casino on Public Land in Queens, New York City, Could Displace Nearby Residents The proposed development would convert public land between Queens’s Corona and Flushing neighborhoods into a casino and entertainment district. This could raise rents and displace the area’s majority Latine and Asian residents.Cómo el desarrollo de un casino en terrenos públicos en Queens, Nueva York, podría desplazar a los residentes El desarrollo propuesto convertiría terreno público entre dos barrios de Queens, Corona y Flushing, en un distrito de casino y entretenimiento. Esto podría aumentar las rentas y desplazar a la mayoría de los residentes latinos y asiáticos del barrios.在纽约市皇后区的公共土地上开发赌场可能会迫使附近居民流离失所 拟议的房地产开发项目将把皇后区科罗纳 (Corona) 和法拉盛 (Flushing) 区之间的公共土地改造成赌场和娱乐区。这可能会提高租金，并迫使该地区大多数亚裔和拉丁裔居民流离失所。The End of a Veterans Affairs Program Could Put Military Borrowers at Risk of Foreclosure The Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program provided a last-resort option to VA borrowers facing foreclose. With the program ending May 1, how could Congress expand supports for military families at risk of losing their home?7 Ways Cuts to Federal Agencies and Safety Net Programs Will Affect Disabled People Federal programs and safety net benefits help communities across the country deliver on the promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Changes to these critical services will put disabled people’s rights on the line.New Evidence Confirms Arkansas’s Medicaid Work Requirement Did Not Boost Employment Arkansas’s 2018–19 Medicaid work requirement program reduced the number of adults with health insurance and had no effect on employment. A similar national policy could have the same result.
