Housing Secretary Marcia Fudge, who announced her departure from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has been praised for accelerating disaster aid for homeless people and creating a new grant program to help unhoused people after disasters. However, a major overhaul of the disaster program remains incomplete, with a housing advocacy group stating that the department has been slow to launch. This comes as it faces uncertain leadership during an election year. The revised process for disaster aid allocation is described as an effort to allocate more funds to needier communities and people. An investigation found that millions in HUD aid had gone to owners of multimillion-dollar homes in exclusive towns in Connecticut.
Solar Dominates US Energy Capacity Growth
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has published data showing that solar accounted for over 75% of US electrical generating
