Month: May 2024

In a contentious meeting at City Hall, Chicago Housing Authority CEO Tracey Scott defended her agency’s efforts to tackle the city’s affordable housing crisis while facing fierce criticism from residents and some members of the City Council. Scott, addressing the City Council’s Committee on Housing and Real Estate for the first time in over a […]

Thursday is the last day to register to bid in San Diego County’s online property auction, which includes nearly 300 properties for sale.

Certificate programs, often offered by colleges, provide training in specific fields that can help jump-start a career. You can take certificate programs as a college graduate, but many are designed for people with a high school diploma or GED who want additional training to land an entry-level …

The violent crime rate in the U.S. fell for two years in a row after an increase in 2020, according to annual estimates from the FBI. After spiking by close to 30%, data also indicates the homicide rate was down by about 3% in 2022 compared with that first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The governor is proposing to freeze a program aimed at keeping families facing foreclosure in their homes before any of the dollars ever get spent.

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Nearly seven in 10 Americans expect home prices to rise in their local area over the next year. Three-quarters think it is a bad time to buy a house.

A new study has revealed Washington is the second most dangerous state in which to raise a family, based on FBI crime data.

On New Year’s Day of 2017, a Colorado state senator named Mike Johnston was in Denver’s Northeast Park Hill neighborhood when he realized thieves had taken off with his blue and orange SUV. “Help!” Johnston tweeted. “My car just got stolen from Office Depot.” Six years later, the Democrat was …