Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have introduced legislation designed to halt construction on AI data centers, claiming they are a threat to democracy and humanity. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Moratorium Act would...
A new plan to expand federal involvement in housing, a deed thief gets arrested, and Home Depot pays for overcharging customers. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Sept. 16-20. Miss: AOC Talks Housing. This week,...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is calling for the creation of a new federal entity to build “social housing” and then sell those properties agencies and organizations that would manage them in “permanent affordability.” Ocasio-Cortez, in a New York...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced the relaunch of the “Green New Deal for Public Housing.” Among the provisions of the proposed legislation is the repeal the Faircloth Amendment, a rule that prohibits the U.S. Department of...