housing

SAN FRANCISCO — Some of the biggest tech companies in the world, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, has also meant a tech boom and bigger pay, with a bigger demand for luxury housing. Unfortunately, this...

NEW YORK — With more than 30 million Americans now unemployed since the coronavirus pandemic, most businesses were forced to shut down operations in the middle of March. Paying monthly bills, including rent, have been tough...

HAYWARD, CA — Over 100 attendees and at least 20 Filipino-community based organizations, student and grassroots groups, nonprofits and small business leaders from across California gathered for the second annual Filipino policy symposium. At this all-day event...

KALIHI, HI — City councilman Joey Manahan is completing his final term, and will be giving up his seat in the upcoming election. However, his own chief of staff — fellow Filipino-American Radiant Cordero — is...

SAN BERNARDINO, CA — The Trump administration was handed a major victory by the Supreme Court in its bid to expand the scope and to implement stricter enforcement of the “public charge” rule, with a 5...

SAN FRANCISCO — Chants echoed throughout downtown San Francisco, in front of the building where landlord Michael Cheung works. Last year, Cheung issued eviction notices to four Filipino families. Since then — with the support of the...

SAN FRANCISCO — This is the fourth annual people’s summit in the Excelsior district of San Francisco, themed “My Existence is My Resistance.” Community members — who represent a diverse coalition — say that they cannot sit...

DALY CITY, CA — Tenants rights organizations took the rally from outside the home of recently evicted elderly Filipino couple, Melinda and Alex Cortez, all the way to the Saxe Mortgage building in Daly City. The Cortezes...

SAN FRANCISCO — Filipino tenants who have faced and continue to face eviction gathered at the I-hotel in to fight back against housing developers. The community forum sponsored by the newly formed “Filipino Community Development Corporation” brought...

by Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America Bureau   SALT LAKE CITY — A real estate battle is brewing in Utah between tech start-up Homie and traditional real estate agents. One side says do it yourself. The...