Smog, traffic and luxury tower blocks: The Indian city suffering development growing pains
Twenty years ago a stargazer in Visakhapatnam, once a small port town on India’s south coast, could enjoy clear night skies ...
Chicago Tribune14d
HUD Midwest director, other longtime Chicago staff retiring early amid Trump administration threats, cuts to agency
Jim Cunningham, who oversaw the entire Midwest region from HUD’s Chicago office, is retiring early after nearly 34 years of service. Cunningham told the Tribune he had planned to retire at the ...
Next City15d
Trump’s HUD Cuts Are Gutting Protections Against Housing Discrimination
But those agencies are facing an existential threat after many of them received a Feb. 27 letter from HUD, notifying them that at the direction of the president and the so-called Department of ...
Mongabay16d
17 dead as Cyclone Jude wreaks havoc in East Africa
Cyclone Jude first made landfall in northern Madagascar on March 8, displacing thousands who had to stay in temporary shelters, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA ...
The Hill23d
HUD rejects Asheville’s Helene recovery plan because of its DEI targets
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rejected Hurricane Helene repair efforts in Asheville, N.C., because the city’s proposed recovery plan features a diversity ...
HousingWire23d
NY congressional delegation says skeleton staff in HUD field offices imperils housing assistance
In the wake of severe cuts to staff and its field office footprint, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must reverse layoffs and planned closures of offices across New York ...
The Conversation23d
Why conspiracy theories and misinformation spread in the long wait for Cyclone Alfred
Naomi Smith does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
The Conversation23d
Beloved beaches were washed offshore by Cyclone Alfred – but most of this sand will return
He is affiliated with Surfrider Foundation Australia. For many people, the most visible impact of Cyclone Alfred was the damage big waves and storm surge did to their local beaches. Beaches in ...
Next City24d
HUD Is Withholding Billions in Homelessness Funds. These People’s Lives Are Already Changing.
The nonprofit cited the lack of a HUD award letter and its own limited reserves. In a March 10 email to Next City/Shelterforce, HUD said that the Continuum of Care program would continue and that the ...
Phys.org24d
Beloved beaches were washed offshore by Cyclone Alfred—but most of this sand will return
For many people, the most visible impact of Cyclone Alfred was the damage big waves and storm surge did to their local beaches. Beaches in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales are ...
The Peninsula24d
Northern Mozambique hit by third cyclone in four months
Maputo: Heavy rains and strong winds lashed northern Mozambique Monday as the region was hit by its third cyclone in four months, the weather service said. Cyclone Jude made landfall in the ...
Indiatimes24d
52-year-old NRI Sridhar held for abetting NRI woman's suicide in Vizag hotel
The Vizag city police arrested Pilla Sridhar, a resident of Texas, for abetting the suicide of NRI woman K Roja. Roja, a software professional, was found dead in a hotel washroom. Sridhar had ...