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Housing and Urban Development

Sea Level Rise and Sunny-Day Flooding Can’t Stop a Building Boom on the Jersey Shore

Developers and politicians are looking to the state’s Democratic governor, legislation or the courts for relief from stringent new state regulations limiting construction along the coast.

By Emilie Lounsberry

Coastal flooding hits the Jersey Shore in Avalon on Oct. 12, 2025. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images
Members of a coalition opposing the Second Watchung Ridge development host a press conference in September. Credit: Ryan Krugman/Inside Climate News

Old-Growth Forest in New Jersey at Center of Affordable Housing Debate

By Ryan Krugman

Samuel Corona (right), an activist with the Alliance of the Southeast, chants, “Stop General Iron” outside Chicago’s City Hall. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says it will no longer monitor a civil rights agreement with Chicago over the controversial scrap metal operation. Credit: Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Trump Dismisses Civil Rights, Fair Housing Cases in Chicago To Focus on ‘Real Concerns’

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

A heat pump is installed at a home in Standish, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

New Federal Housing Grants Are a Win for Climate Change and Environmental Justice

By Kristoffer Tigue

Flames from gas burners are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on Oct. 11, 2021. Credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Citing Health and Climate Concerns, Activists Urge HUD To Remove Gas Stoves From Federally Assisted Housing

By Victoria St. Martin

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