Showing posts with label Housing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Housing. Show all posts

Saturday, July 11, 2026

A mortgage, not a miracle

A bright, cheerful illustration shows a red-haired woman seated barefoot on the wooden front steps of a tidy suburban home. Her vivid hair is styled in playful pigtails tied with red ribbons, and she wears a short white summer dress with a distinctive red Peter Pan collar. Smiling warmly towards the viewer, she holds a glossy red lollipop in one hand while a light breeze lifts strands of her hair and the hem of her dress. Behind her stands a well-kept two-storey house with white siding, dark shutters, flower boxes filled with colourful blooms, and a neatly maintained lawn. Bathed in soft daylight, the scene conveys optimism, comfort, homeownership, and an idealised vision of suburban prosperity.
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Bipartisan housing bill becomes law without the president's signature; Trump dismisses housing affordability for American families as 'so unimportant' while continuing his hissy fit over the stalled SAVE America Act. {AP 11 July}

https://apnews.com/article/trump-housing-bill-77ec340dcdd676c46c458813b461b1af

Rigging elections in his own favour and that of his party, under the thin pretence of combating largely nonexistent voter fraud, hath been openly declared by this man to be more pressing than helping Americans purchase homes. The alleged epidemic of voter fraud was thoroughly debunked in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, yet that hath neither stopped him from repeating the lie nor dissuaded his supporters from believing it.

And this bipartisan legislation is probably not even a bandage upon the gaping wound that is housing unaffordability in today's #Murica. It is better than nothing, certainly, but even that appears to be a step too far for a president determined to have the entire world — and every person's very psyche — orbit around himself.

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🪐💔 #QueSeraSera 𓅨 🕈

Copyright 2026, Arthur Newhook.

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Echoes of 2008

A dramatic, highly detailed illustration depicts two women outside a neglected suburban house under a turbulent, storm-darkened sky. In the foreground, a distressed blonde woman wearing a blue gingham dress kneels upon cracked pavement amid overgrown weeds and signs of decay. Tears stream down her face as she looks upward in anguish, her posture conveying desperation and vulnerability. Towering above her stands a dark-haired woman in a fitted navy business dress and high heels. With one hand on her hip and the other pointing sternly downward, she projects authority, judgement, and control. The weathered house behind them appears abandoned or in severe disrepair, reinforcing themes of financial hardship and personal crisis. Strong contrasts of light and shadow heighten the emotional tension, creating a visual allegory of foreclosure, powerlessness, and economic displacement.
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Foreclosure rate at seven-year high in former US, driven mainly by Trumpvilles in South and Midwest. {MortgagePoint 7 July}

https://themortgagepoint.com/2026/07/07/foreclosures-reach-7-year-high-as-affordability-remains-a-challenge/

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🪐💔 #QueSeraSera 𓅨 🕈

Copyright 2026, Arthur Newhook.

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

CDC issues new eviction moratorium

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Probably the right move from a humanitarian perspective, but costly in the long run. CBS News - CDC issues new eviction moratorium.

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