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President Biden Ups His Budget to Combat Housing Crisis

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President Biden’s new budget aims to provide rental assistance to low-income tenants, increase the total number of affordable housing units, create a smoother path to homeownership, and fight housing discrimination. . We need the implementation of new ideas. We need to see families that are stably housed,” he says.

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Biden's Promised Changes to the Housing Market

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These are some of his more innovative ideas about combining housing assistance with improving communities," says Goetz. Campaign promise: Address racial discrimination in housing. It’s a good thing, [but] I don’t know how much of that is actually going to happen.”.

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The Future of Social Justice in the Workplace

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2: “Non-Discrimination” becomes “Inclusion” It’s no longer enough to just not discriminate against people of certain races, ethnicity, genders, or sexual orientations. That implies that discrimination is an acceptable norm.

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Women in Construction – As Told By Women

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There are several ideas on how to make construction a more inclusive place. Pointing out that the minorities are becoming the majority, she says : “We’re coming from all walks of life; we don’t discriminate. We have careers, which is important.”. How to Make Construction More Inclusive. Make women leaders.

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These 5 essential traits in your team are the secret to a successful construction project

Fieldwire

Mutual respect Respecting another person includes acknowledging their talents and abilities, and not discriminating against them because of their race or social background. Relevant: Identify the “why” of an idea — its benefits to the construction project, the project owner and the general contractor. Why does it matter to the task?

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Travel in Europe during coronavirus: Plan to create ‘tourism corridors’ between countries

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Speaking in Brussels after a meeting of the “college of commissioners”, she refused to be drawn on ideas such as “COVID-19 passports”, an EU-wide document which was discussed by tourism ministers on Monday. “We still have ahead of us very detailed work on different aspects relating to tourism.

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Making the Construction Industry Accessible for All

Fieldwire

Some construction companies have started to hire more women, but they face issues with harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Diversifying your hiring pool is an excellent idea because it gives you more opportunities to make the best hires and keep your business fresh.