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2012 in Review
On this last day of 2012, we’d like to thank everyone who read, commented on and shared On the Home Front and made our blog a success this year. WordPress put together a summary of our “year in blogging,” and we’d like to share it with you. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of… Continue reading
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Four Days, Four Reasons
There are only four days left in the year. That means just four days to make a tax-deductible charitable contribution to NLIHC for the 2012 tax year. If you haven’t done so already, here are the top four reasons you should support NLIHC: We advocate on the issues that matter most. From the fiscal cliff and sequestration to… Continue reading
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It’s time to unite!
The start of a new Congress. The beginning of the President’s second term. A nationwide effort to secure a new funding source for the National Housing Trust Fund. What do these three things have in common? They’re the top reasons housing advocates from around the country need to be in Washington, D.C. March 17-20 for… Continue reading
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Honoring Our Roots
We are honoring our roots and our founder, Cushing Dolbeare, this week as we wrap up a busy year. We ‘housers’ need to celebrate what we can do and have done, though in the context of how little of the need we have addressed and what we could do if we had adequate resources. In… Continue reading
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News Round-Up: Funding Housing, Ending Homelessness
Sunday morning, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry hosted a wide-ranging discussion on the aspects of America’s housing crisis that don’t get the attention they deserve: namely, housing discrimination, the impact of foreclosure on renters and the shortage of housing affordable to the lowest income Americans. In the discussion’s first segment, panelists James Perry, former NLIHC board member and… Continue reading
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