Urban & Rural Life

8+ hour, 37+ min ago   (264+ words) The human rights organization Social Justice Center has criticized the Georgian government’s new program offering monetary compensation to internally displaced persons (IDPs) instead of housing. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the authorities’ initiative on October 12, and the Ministry of Health…...

2+ hour, 18+ min ago   (222+ words) Voters are also focused on the cost of health care, prescription drugs, housing, food, and fuel. These are not abstract policy debates. They are real-life concerns affecting families and communities across our state. Talk to just about anybody you know…...

2+ hour, 43+ min ago   (342+ words) The Times of India Kochi: The state commission for protection of child rights has registered a case regarding the ‘unsafe and uninhabitable‘ conditions at the P&T Apartments in Mundamveli, following a complaint about the plight of resident children....

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (790+ words) An independent financial review of the failed King County Regional Homelessness Authority has identified nearly $17 million that Seattle and King County officials acknowledge is “unrecoverable.” Yet King County Executive Girmay Zahilay and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson offered no detailed explanation…...

4+ hour, 34+ min ago   (575+ words) Congress has thrown a lifeline to families getting housing assistance from a COVID-era federal program that was set to run out of money starting this fall. A September temporary spending bill directed housing authorities to transition residents at risk of…...

3+ hour, 15+ min ago   (321+ words) NEW YORK - War and occupation, corporate land deals, carbon and conservation schemes, and laws that ignore customary tenure are stripping peasants, fishers, pastoralists and Indigenous Peoples of their territories and driving land concentration to historically unprecedented levels, UN experts warned…...

5+ hour, 4+ min ago   (315+ words) Developer influence, urban sprawl and environmentally damaging growth have become recurring themes in the progressive campaigns for the Tallahassee City Commission. But federal building permit data raise questions about whether Tallahassee is experiencing unusually high levels of residential development. According…...

6+ hour, 57+ min ago   (462+ words) Cape Town has expanded its shelter capacity for people experiencing homelessness, with the Kensington Haven Night Shelter now able to accommodate 200 people following a R12 million upgrade by the City. The upgraded facility was officially launched by Cape Town Mayor Geordin…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago   (381+ words) Homeless veterans are said to be camping on Salisbury Plain while council-owned properties stand empty, prompting calls for unused buildings to be turned into homes. Wiltshire Council will be challenged at Full Council on Tuesday, October 20, to undertake a complete…...

5+ hour, 18+ min ago   (362+ words) Homeless veterans are said to be camping on Salisbury Plain while council-owned properties stand empty, prompting calls for unused buildings to be turned into homes. Wiltshire Council will be challenged at Full Council on Tuesday, October 20, to undertake a complete…...