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Sarah Holder

@sarahholder.bsky.social
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co-hosting the big take podcast + reporting for @citylab / @business on urban policy. write me sholder6@bloomberg.net

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Nicole Flatow @nicflatow.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This week: Mega-mansions in Manhattan, Minneapolis after ICE, Oslo architecture, self-driving safety, snow-day solutions. And my fave part: A delightful reader email on how she created a “15-minute city for friendship” inspired by a @sarahholder.bsky.social story www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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How the Ultra-Wealthy Are Building Bigger Mansions in the Heart of NYC
Also this week: Oslo opens new government quarters on the site of tragedy, and it’s a tough time to be a Black developer.
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Even as ICE winds down its Twin Cities surge the economic disruption is still manifesting. So far Minnesota has not passed any housing aid, but even if it does, there are challenges in getting it out to the right people. new from @sarahholder.bsky.social and me: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Minneapolis Braces for Rent Crisis As ICE Surge Winds Down
With warnings that an eviction spike is looming, city and state leaders are seeking aid for renters who lost wages over the last few months.
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Today I'm doing a live Q&A on affordable housing policy under Trump with @katyod.bsky.social, @sarahholder.bsky.social and Pat Clark. Check in at 10 Eastern: www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...
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Live Q&A: Can Trump Really Make US Housing Affordable?
Bloomberg reporters answer questions about US housing affordability, Trump’s policy proposals and the role of Wall Street on Friday, Jan. 23 at 10:30 a.m. EST
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
For the Big Take podcast I joined Patrick Clark in a conversation with @sarahholder.bsky.social about corporate landlords — who they are, what they do, and why both the left and right have them in the crosshairs www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...
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Big Take: Trump’s Push to Ban Corporate Landlords (Correct)) - Bloomberg
Understand every aspect of the global economy – and know how to make your next move.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 04/11/2025
Happy election day! Vote! Key races I'll be tracking: —Gubernatorial races in NJ & VA —Mayoral races in NYC, Jersey City, Minneapolis, & Seattle —Housing funding in Knoxville, Denver, Columbus, OK City —Housing propositions in NYC —Transport funding in Charlotte Many more key races @boltsmag.org ⏬
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Two fair housing attorneys signed their names to a report warning that the US Department of Housing and Urban Development is eviscerating the offices that investigate and prosecute housing discrimination cases. Today HUD removed both attorneys: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Housing Agency Removes Lawyers Who Filed Whistleblower Report
The fair housing attorneys said they face retaliation for signing a report criticizing the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s leadership.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
with HUD's rollback of fair housing enforcement and its plans to add rules that could kick millions off aid in the news, take some time to read our story on the upheaval at the agency and how it could make the housing crisis worse: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Trump’s Housing Chief Wants to Build, But With What?
HUD Secretary Scott Turner says it’s time to put millions more Americans in homes. He’s also standing by while his agency’s staff and funding disappear.
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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
HUD is looking to target 20,000 mixed-status households (16,000 of those with children), promote work requirements, and time limits on housing aid www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
we profiled Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner at a crisis moment for affordable housing — and, sources say, for HUD: tinyurl.com/2njxm2m3
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Trump’s Housing Chief Wants to Build, But With What?
HUD Secretary Scott Turner says it’s time to put millions more Americans in homes. He’s also standing by while his agency’s staff and funding disappear.
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Housing Secretary Scott Turner wants to build-baby-build. But so far his tenure at HUD has looked more like slash-slash-slash — with plunging numbers for staff, grants and proposed funding. @sarahholder.bsky.social and I profiled Turner and his unorthodox agenda: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Trump’s Housing Chief Wants to Build, But With What?
HUD Secretary Scott Turner says it’s time to put millions more Americans in homes. He’s also standing by while his agency’s staff and funding disappear.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/07/2025
"Immigration raids on building sites - part of an expanding crackdown by Donald Trumpon work sites across the country - are causing major disruptions to the construction industry, according to Reuters interviews." www.reuters.com/world/us/thi...
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This construction project was on time and on budget. Then came ICE.
Under a broiling Alabama sky a frustrated Robby Robertson, a construction site superintendent, surveys an 84,000 square foot, mostly built recreation center close to the Gulf coast port city of Mobile. The site is eerily quiet.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/07/2025
Without federal funding, public media — and the truth-telling, community-connecting role it plays — is at risk. Local stations may vanish. Millions could lose trusted news and vital information. If you are ready to join the fight for journalism, donate now: n.pr/458sOhq
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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Kristen Broady @kelizbro.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Moderated by @sarahholder.bsky.social a panel of experts including Arthur Gailes, Angela Habr, & Hannah Love, will examine how cities attract and retain skilled workers at different life stages.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Looking forward to this discussion next week!
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Benjamin Schneider @benschneider.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It includes deep dives into: 🏗️ Single-stair architecture 🏙️ Social housing 🚉 Automated metros 🚄 High-speed rail 🚲 Micromobility 🛍️ Downtown revitalization 🚧 Freeway removal 🌆 15-minute suburbs ... and illustrations by the incomparable Alfred Twu.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
ben's book breaks a lot of new ground and adds more history and texture to the "abundance"-y conversation around why American cities got so stuck, and what it would really take to make them better!
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/05/2025
Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
spoke with @markgurman.bsky.social about his latest story, covering how Apple fell so far behind in the genAI race -- and what's at stake if they can't catch up podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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Did Apple Sleep Through the AI Revolution?
Podcast Episode · Big Take · 05/18/2025 · 16m
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Fun news: Today Businessweek launched Everybody’s Business, a new weekly (chatty, fun) podcast about what’s going on with the economy. It’s hosted by @chafkin.bsky.social and @svaneksmith.bsky.social, and I’m on our first episode talking about tariffs and Christmas! www.bloomberg.com/podcasts/ser...
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
had the pleasure of moderating this conversation with @zoetillman.bsky.social @gregstohr.bsky.social @eelarson.bsky.social earlier today on all the lawsuits and court challenges the trump administration is facing rn. Have a listen! www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...
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Live Q&A: Tracking Trump’s Policies Challenged in US Courts
Bloomberg journalists answer your questions about legal challenges to Trump’s executive actions
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 08/05/2025
🎙️ TODAY: President Trump's expansive use of executive power has faced at least 328 lawsuits so far. Bloomberg's @zoetillman.bsky.social, @gregstohr.bsky.social, @eelarson.bsky.social and @sarahholder.bsky.social are tracking these cases and will answer your questions. Tune in: bloom.bg/430FAwh
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
talked to zach mider about a bonkers scheme originating from a former comedy writer to sell americans cheap, often bare-bones health insurance by using a loophole in Obamacare. yup. follow along with the big take podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/1oIL...
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Telemarketers’ New Trick to Sell Bare-Bones Health Plans
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Lary Doe @larydoe.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
#Bloomberg does some truly incredible podcasts about "things". Spend the 20 minutes listening to how breakfast items are traded as commodities and why they increase. We could all benefit from a better understanding of the "whys"!! #econsky #bluesky #inflation @sarahholder.bsky.social
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Forget the S&P or CPI. Meet the Bacon Egg and Cheese Index
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
instead of checking your 401k… listen to our big take episode about how experts say regular people should be navigating the stock market rn podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
abundance..meet momentum (via @benschneider.bsky.social) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Secret Formula for Faster Trains
A new report shows how Amtrak and commuter railroads can reduce “dead time” and increase speeds for less than it would cost to build new high-speed rail lines.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
i truly feel we're in a post april fools day world
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Nicole Flatow @nicflatow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
When you cut federal funding out of an affordable housing deal, everything else is at risk too, including asbestos abatement. Great look at real-world consequences from @kristoncapps.bsky.social and @sarahholder.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Affordable Housing Developers Stalled by Blocked Federal Funds
Efforts by DOGE to claw back $1 billion in loans and grants for energy-efficiency upgrades have put plans for hundreds of housing developments at risk.
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
After DOGE canceled $1 billion in green building retrofit grants, hundreds of affordable housing projects across the country stalled out. HUD says communities don't need solar panels. But for some of these projects now in limbo, the goal is to clear out asbestos. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Affordable Housing Developers Stalled by Blocked Federal Funds
Efforts by DOGE to claw back $1 billion in loans and grants for energy-efficiency upgrades have put plans for hundreds of housing developments at risk.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
one of the HUD discrimination cases the trump admin is reportedly rolling back? the case against a Dallas HOA that used rental rules to kick out Black families: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Texas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 Renters
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development alleges that a housing development kept out Black residents by restricting tenants using government assistance.
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Read @sarahholder.bsky.social's delightful review of "Secret Mall Apartment," a documentary about a secret mall apartment www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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They Built a Secret Apartment in a Mall. Now the Mall Is Dying.
In the new documentary “Secret Mall Apartment,” a group of artists recount how they turned a hidden nook in a Providence shopping center into a living space for 4 years.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
wrote about a new documentary following these artists who set up a whole apartment in a mall in providence and hung out there for four years. it’s zany and profound! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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They Built a Secret Apartment in a Mall. Now the Mall Is Dying.
In the new documentary “Secret Mall Apartment,” a group of artists recount how they turned a hidden nook in a Providence shopping center into a living space for 4 years.
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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?" (From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Secretary Scott Turner says that HUD will now begin issuing formal award notices to communities awaiting some $3.6 in grants for homeless shelters — with some added boilerplate about how funds can't be used for DEI Shelters have been waiting for word for weeks: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
where NYC's upzoning unlocks more housing, and where developers are already taking advantage: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Where New York City's Zoning Reform Will Add Housing
The ‘City of Yes’ plan is already having an impact. The changes to the city’s landscape will mostly be subtle — on purpose.
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Jessica Beck @drjessbeck.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
On today’s episode of #BigTake host @sarahholder.bsky.social talks with @akshatrathi.bsky.social about the Trump administration’s key climate actions, how they could impact investment in green energy & what it all means for the global fight to stop the warming of the planet. #Bloomberg 🎧
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A Warming Planet vs. Trump
Podcast Episode · Big Take · 06/03/2025 · 17m
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
on yday's big take podcast, the great @akshatrathi.bsky.social helped us make sense of trump's climate agenda, or lack thereof, and what it could mean for global green investments, the energy transition, and disaster response: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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A Warming Planet vs. Trump
Podcast Episode · Big Take · 03/06/2025 · 17m
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Los Angeles has now stopped accepting new applications for housing vouchers due to uncertainty in Washington — exactly what @patrickcsisson.bsky.social warned might happen www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Cuts to Section 8 Housing Assistance Loom Amid HUD Uncertainty
The Housing Choice Voucher program, a rent lifeline for low-income families, faces a funding shortfall as layoffs target the federal housing agency.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
spoke to the mayor of an automotive industry-heavy Michigan near Detroit about what tariffs on Canada will mean for his residents, businesses, and local budget. “Prices are gonna change pretty dramatically, pretty quickly," he said, "and I think our region’s going to be one of the hardest hit.”
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Republican Mayor Braces for Tariffs: ‘We Didn’t Budget for This’
Mayor Bryan Barnett of Rochester Hills, Michigan, says Trump’s Mexico and Canada tariffs will cause a hit to his city’s coffers — and its auto industry.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Cool to see democrats coalescing around a unified strategy oh wait
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Man.
Gene Hackman in “The Conversation.”
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
me: there’s tissues everywhere! bf: interesting use of passive voice
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
craziest thing about the new season of love is blind is that they have finally licensed real music… but it is still interspersed with made up Netflix music…
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
will DOGE come for homelessness services? providers around the country are concerned about whether $3.6 billion in promised CoC grants — in rental assistance, senior housing, veteran homelessness programs, etc — will arrive on time. w/ @kristoncapps.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Shelters Await Billions in Federal Money for Homelessness Providers
A lack of communication amid DOGE cuts is leaving shelters, crisis hotlines and veteran housing groups fearful that essential funds won’t arrive in time.
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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Congress passed $3.6 billion in aid for shelters. HUD awarded those funds to thousands of programs across the US in January. But now that it's time to start the contracts, HUD has gone radio silent. New from me and @sarahholder.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Shelters Await Billions in Federal Money for Homelessness Providers
A lack of communication amid DOGE cuts is leaving shelters, crisis hotlines and veteran housing groups fearful that essential funds won’t arrive in time.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
talked to a poultry farmer and the Odd Lots team, @weisenthal.bsky.social and @tracyalloway.bsky.social, about what's going on with egg prices right now podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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A Poultry Farmer’s Take on Why Eggs Are So Expensive
Podcast Episode · Big Take · 02/21/2025 · 17m
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
had a fever dream in which a beautiful Verizon representative visited me at my home and gave me a flip phone, freeing me
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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
News: California will levy a $1 billion assessment on insurers to ensure that the FAIR Plan -- the state's insurer of last resort -- can pay the claims of wildfire-affected homeowners. Private insurers can pass up to half of the assessment onto customers. Per @leslieatlarge.bsky.social
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California Levies $1 Billion Assessment on Insurers for LA Fires
The funds will help the state’s insurer of last resort pay claims to thousands of homeowners affected by the wildfires.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
"The Trump admin is laying the groundwork for state and local law enforcement officers to participate in mass deportation efforts, an unprecedented move that could deputize 1000s of officers with the power to arrest immigrants across the US." via @folaak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Paves the Way to Deputize Local Police on Immigration
The president’s unprecedented move could deploy thousands of city and state officers to aid in mass deportations.
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Sarah Holder @sarahholder.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
the Providence HOA isn't the only party HUD charged with discrimination. FirstService Residential Texas, its property manager, was also charged with violating the Fair Housing Act. That company is part of the largest HOA management company in North America: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Texas HOA Charged With Discrimination for Banning Section 8 Renters
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development alleges that a housing development kept out Black residents by restricting tenants using government assistance.
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