Rachel Leah Siegel
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Rachel Leah Siegel
@rachsieg
- A bit of good news... A year ago, I wrote about an encampment for the homeless located just two blocks from the Fed's headquarters Today I learned that all of the residents interviewed in this piece have since moved into their own apartments, and that they're all doing well 💛
- *Still* getting reports that public housing authorities are locked out of their funding portal as of this morning -- well passed when the WH said there would be no disruptions to benefits for individuals. One big concern is that auto direct deposits for voucher subsidies and ..
- It's official: Lisa Cook has been confirmed to the Fed board. She is the first Black woman on the central bank.
- In Oregon, schools puzzle over providing housing for teachers. In Arizona, hospitals rent rooms to staff. In Maryland, a pizzeria owner remodeled a motel for employees. Nationwide, businesses & workers are stuck between the housing market & the job market
- The sheer cost of living -- for rent, gas, groceries -- is making homelessness worse. Shelter officials in 15 states all reported a dramatic increase in the number of people, particularly single mothers, seeking services this year. with @abhabhattarai:
- Last year, on a father-daughter trip to the Grand Tetons, my dad bought a lifetime pass to the National Parks I woke up to this email and have a feeling the Twittersphere has recs for where @csiegel28 and I should go next
- New: In Austin, ~6 million square feet of new office space will hit the market in the next few years — equal to 105 football fields. That has the office market on track to grow nearly 25% — the fastest rate on the continent. But no one is moving in 👀
- New: Kamala Harris talks about her role securing a multibillion dollar mortgage settlement for distressed homeowners as a key example of her delivery for middle-class families. @MaeveReston and I go deep on this gutsy chapter of her time as California AG:
- timeline cleanse! in the form of a very cuddly, sweet pup who doesn’t know about [[gestures widely at the world]] and is already making everything better Clouseau undoubtedly says hello back ☺️
- Lisa Cook: "I know I have been the target of anonymous and untrue attacks on my academic record. I would like to tell you about my academic record." Dr. Cook then starts detailing her career and expertise, before @SenatorHagerty, who asked the question, cuts her off.
- Biden's Fed picks would make the board the most diverse in the central bank’s 108-year history. .@WSpriggs: “It will be harder to have a repeat of the kind of meetings that took pace during the Great Recession, where no one discussed Black unemployment."
- Brooke Alexander, 18, found out she was pregnant 48 hours before the Texas abortion ban took effect. Her story -- of a decision she didn't expect to make, of a skatepark romance turned into teenage parenthood -- is so expertly told by @CAKitchener washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…
