A bipartisan push for housing reform is dead this year after an attempt to resurrect the bill was unsuccessful.
Nashville created a path to prevent evictions after the ice storm — but few tenants are benefitting
Evictions have been a concern since the ice storm. The city has tried to soften the blow by creating a special court process.
Is the YIMBY movement doomed?
For decades, rising home prices have been an engine for middle-class wealth. Now a growing movement wants to slow — or even reverse — that trend. Are the politics around new housing development inherently stacked against them?
Storm repair costs could mean rate increases for Nashville Electric Services customers
The winter storm knocked out power and destroyed hundreds of miles of power lines and about 400 utility poles. To cover repair costs, customers could see higher bills.
Nashville taking steps to lessen storm burdens; more FEMA aid approved
Nearly all Nashvillians have regained power as of Friday — and both Metro and federal leaders are escalating the next stages of the recovery. Here’s the latest as of 10:45 p.m. Friday.
Racing or housing? Fairgrounds debate reaches Metro’s charter commission
The proposal to remove auto racing at the Fairgrounds and instead build affordable housing at the site has cleared its first hurdle. The Metro Charter Revision Commission approved the proposal Thursday on its second consideration. This does not mean the change will occur. Only voters can change the Metro Charter, which currently protects racing as […]
Nashville housing orgs in limbo after federal government abruptly reverses funding decision
HUD made a policy change that cuts funding for permanent supportive housing, prompting organizations and cities — including Nashville — to sue.
Nashville adopts zoning changes aimed at diversifying housing options
Earlier this year, a housing and infrastructure study from Metro’s Planning Department found that Nashville will need approximately 90,000 more units over the next decade to keep up with demand.
In My Place, Episode 19: Homelessness doesn’t just affect you. It hits the rest of us.
From a young age, Colby Keegan said he hoped to “affect positive change.” He was homeless when he died of an overdose at the age of 23. His mother, Lisa Wysocky, founded Colby’s Army in his honor.
How the Eviction Right to Counsel program supports evictees
It’s a Tuesday and hundreds of landlords and tenants trickle into Judge Sam Coleman’s courtroom at the Metro Nashville Courthouse.
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