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News Round-Up: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s recent off-mic remark that he might eliminate HUD if elected president sparked much speculation in the news about what would happen if that agency were to disappear. Advocates agree that for the 2.5 million people helped by HUD-administered housing aid, HUD has a very meaningful impact. Meanwhile, a profile of… Continue reading
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What Can FHFA Learn from the Banks’ Big Mistakes?
The National Fair Housing Alliance’s report, The Banks Are Back, Our Neighborhoods Are Not: Discrimination in the Maintenance and Marketing of REO Properties has people talking over at the National Low Income Housing Coalition. It’s not just the report’s finding that bank or “real estate-owned” (REO) properties in white neighborhoods are much better maintained and… Continue reading
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News Round-Up: Renters in the Middle
Many communities across the U.S. are reporting rents beyond the reach of many renters, especially those with the lowest incomes. In Pittsburgh, Essential Public Radio reports that two out of three low income Pennsylvania residents have trouble finding rental housing they can afford. Rents in New Jersey, as we read in this article, are the… Continue reading
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News Round-Up: Upset
This March has become a month of upsets. As college basketball fans know- and the friends and family of basketball fans are surely tired of hearing- the NCAA men’s basketball tournament saw two major upsets over the weekend: two 15th-seed teams beating their 2nd-seed opponents. It seems many in New York were shocked by an… Continue reading
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Talk of the Town: Making the Rent
Over the last couple of days, this image has made its way across the Internet via Facebook, Tumblr, Digg, and other sites. It’s a simple map showing how many hours per week a minimum wage-worker in every state, plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, would need to work in order to afford the rent and utilities… Continue reading
On the Home Front 