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Editorials: History underground, Section 8 limits
This hallowed ground The Harbor Square apartments are history. The 368-unit complex, much of which was dedicated to Section 8 subsidized housing, was razed last year by the city of Hampton to make room for a new courthouse, as well as some street...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Public Housing, Housing and Urban Planning, Hampton Roads, Memorial Day
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With apartments gone, historians wonder what is below Harbor Square
HAMPTON — The derelict buildings, playing children and crime associated with the property's seedy visitors are long gone from the former Harbor Square site downtown. But as the city plans to redevelop the 17.7-acre tract — and contractors...
Tags: Hampton Roads Transit, Housing and Urban Planning, Crime, Law and Justice, Hampton Roads, Arts and Culture
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Highland Park, Deerfield differ on approaches to affordable housing
Six months ago, Jose Rodriguez's cramped one-bedroom apartment had three beds in it. He and his wife shared one, and their two daughters bunked in the others. Today, thanks to Highland Park's affordable housing program, the family has room to grow...
Tags: Homes, Foreclosures, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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Chris MacKenzie New Women's Ice Hockey Coach At UConn
The Hartford CourantUConn announced the hiring of Chris MacKenzie as its women's ice hockey coach Thursday while moving closer to finalizing the process of hiring of a men's coach. MacKenzie, an assistant at Ohio State the past two seasons, takes over for Heather Linstad,...Tags: College Sports, University of Connecticut Women's Basketball Program, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports, Connecticut Huskies
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Mossburg misrepresents research on housing vouchers
In her April 23 column, “Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor,” Marta H. Mossburg quoted me as saying that laws prohibiting landlords to accept Section 8 vouchers “exacerbate” the problem of finding housing...Tags: Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Family, Housing and Urban Planning, Crime, Law and Justice, Johns Hopkins University
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Mossburg wrong on housing vouchers
As the legislative chair of the Maryland Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies, which represents the agencies that actually administer the Section 8 rental assistance program, it was disturbing to read the distortions in Marta Mossburg's...Tags: Rentals, Condos and Houses, Housing and Urban Planning, Public Housing, Social Issues
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Section 8 housing is a nightmare for landlords
In a recent letter to the editor, Johns Hopkins professor Stefanie DeLuca recently suggested that many landlords refuse to rent to people with Section 8 housing vouchers because they are unfairly prejudiced against those prospective tenants ("Mossburg...Tags: Public Housing, Section 8 (housing)
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State shouldn't let landlords discriminate
As we recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act, it is significant to note that the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan regions are among the most segregated in America. Last month, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil...Tags: Minority Groups, Racism, Rentals, Justice and Rights, Washington, DC
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Housing growth slowing around CTA, Metra rail stations, researchers say
Despite the high-selling prices of residences located near public transit, the creation of new housing has lagged in sections of the Chicago area near CTA and Metra rail stations, compared with more robust development in transit zones in New York,...
Tags: Metra, Chicago Transit Authority, Public Housing, Housing and Urban Planning, Social Issues
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Chicago's black legal community meets to stem youth violence
Herschella Conyers is an attorney who, along with several judges, recently invited a bunch of people to the University of Chicago to talk about violence and the growing number of teens getting entangled in the criminal justice system. Typically, these...
Tags: University of Chicago Law School, Housing and Urban Planning, Crime, Law and Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Criminals
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You say Los Feliz, I say Los Feliz
It's a timeless — by L.A. standards — dispute: What's the right way to pronounce "Los Feliz"? In response to Tuesday's Column One on Anglicized versions of place names in Los Angeles reverting to their original Spanish pronunciations, more...
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Local housing authorities approve of end to lifetime public housing benefit
Section 8 vouchers and public housing units may no longer be a lifetime benefit, according to a proposal by President Barack Obama, and local housing authority directors say they support the idea. As it stands now, tenants in good standing can't be...Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Public Housing, Housing and Urban Planning, Social Issues, The Wall Street Journal
May 23, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 19, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 14, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 2, 2013
|Story| Hartford Courant
May 6, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 6, 2013
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May 12, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 5, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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May 13, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 11, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 11, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
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