Community witnesses urge reevaluation of Río Piedras channelization amid expropriation and maintenance concerns At a Feb. 23 public hearing on Resolution 438, residents and experts urged the House committee to press the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources for full technical studies, cited possible expropriation of hundreds of homes and warned that maintenance costs and environmental harm were not funded or fully assessed.

Residents and experts are sounding the alarm over the Río Piedras channelization project, warning it could lead to mass displacement and irreversible environmental damage.

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Spokane Analyzes Racially Disparate Impacts in Housing Under House Bill 1220 City evaluates policy revisions to address displacement and exclusion in housing.

Spokane's City Plan Commission is grappling with how to tackle housing policies that risk displacing vulnerable communities under House Bill 1220.

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