The program is a response to statistics showing that the city's lowest credit scores tend to be in areas with large black or Hispanic populations and large amounts of public housing residents. (therealdeal.com)
Last week, the governor pledged not to sign any budget that does not include sufficient and immediate remedies for public housing residents. (observer.com)
Then last week a state judge hearing a lawsuit by public housing residents ordered the agency to conduct thousands of missed lead inspections within 90 days. (nytimes.com)