Public Housing

Telling the Truth About Homelessness

Maria Foscarinis | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Poverty, Public Housing, Homelessness, Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), Housing Crisis, National-Law-Center-on-Homelessness-and-Poverty, Homeless Families, Impact News

Some recent reports suggest that homelessness is not increasing significantly. This is due to both flaws in the data they rely on and the narrow way they define homelessness. The result is confusion and misguided policies.

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The Power of WE

Paul Boden | Posted 05.08.2012

Why wouldn't our government want the people being governed to be educated, healthy, well-housed and able to freely be in nature? Is it wrong to think that government should want these things for all people?

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Fed Up With Housing Policy

Paul Boden | Posted 04.12.2012

We can't put our hope in politicians and organizations that attempt to smooth out the edges of terrible legislation while people lose their homes and programs are gutted. In communities across the country, groups are joining hands to build a movement for the human right to housing.

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Housing As a Pathway to Better Health and More Opportunity

Sandra B. Henriquez | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Public Health, Hud, Housing, Public Housing, HUD Rental Assistance, Affordable Housing, Politics News

Ultimately, the Obama administration's rental assistance demonstration is about providing families who need help paying the rent with real choices.

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Public Housing Demolition Lowered Crime, But Not For Everyone

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Section 8, Chicago Housing Authority, Henry Horner Homes, Public Housing, Ceasefire Illinois, Hope-Vi, Cabrini Green, Chicago Housing Authority Plan for Transformation, Housing and Urban Development, Chicago News

Chicago's decade-long effort to move people out of its infamous public housing towers and into low-rise neighborhoods has long produced divided reacti...

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Keeping a Roof Over Our Heads

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 05.07.2012

Congress must not let the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act expire at the end of the year. Today 12 million Americans are on the verge of losing their homes because they owe more money than their home is worth.

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The End of a Segregated Century?

Angela Caputo | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Chicago Segregation, Chicago Race Issues, Chicago Public Schools, Public Housing, Racial Segregation, The Chicago Reporter, Chicago Public Housing, Manhattan Institute, Chicago News

Last week, the Manhattan Institute released a report that suggests Chicago is less segregated than it was a decade ago. When I drive through the Near North Side, it sure appears to be true.

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No Fooling, National Day of Action for the Right to Exist: April 1st

Paul Boden | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Social Justice, Human Rights, Homelessness, Public Housing, Housing, Police, Homeless, Western Regional Advocacy Project, Policing, Civil Rights, Housing Crisis, Affordable Housing, Mental Illness, Social Services, Jail, Impact News

We are building a movement to reclaim our communities for all members: not just those who set the rents. We must make clear the myriad of ways in which our community members are treated as though they are less than human.

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'The Pruitt Igoe Myth' Finds Architecture's Big Flop Was Somebody Else's Fault

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Government, Video, The Pruitt Igoe Myth, St. Louis, Public Housing, Urban Planning, Architecture, White Flight, Documentaries, Race, Movies, Politics News

The images of its destruction are some of the most iconic in all of modern architecture. Less than 20 years after they went up, the towers of the Prui...

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'One Strike' Policy Hits Very Ill Alexandria Woman

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Virginia, HUD One Strike Policy, Public Housing, Alexandria, Dc Impact, Christmas, Evictions, Alexandria Public Housing, Public Housing Drugs, Drugs, One Strike, War on Drugs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Shelly Anderson, Impact, DC News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Shelly Anderson has stage 5 renal failure and needs a kidney transplant. The 33-year-old recently found out that her mother is a ma...

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Rick Scott Makes Insensitive Remark

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Florida Am Hazing, Rick Scott Florida Am, Scott Florida, Rick Scott, Video, Rick Scott Florida, Poverty, Public Housing, Florida Am, Rick Scott Public Housing, Racism, Florida Am Marching Band, Race, Florida Amendment 2, Politics News

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) told hundreds of Florida A&M University students marching at the governor's mansion, protesting his decision to call for t...

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Occupy Our Homes

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: US Economy, Housing Market, Congress, Public Housing, Housing, Income Inequality, Economy, Occupy Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Eviction, Rep Rangel, Foreclosure, Charlie Rangel, Housing Crisis, Politics News

Home ownership has been one of the greatest pillars of the American Dream. Every day, people all over America take comfort in knowing that they have a place to call home. For many others however, that piece of security is out of reach.

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The Subsidized Housing Search 'Maze'

NYCity News Service | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Hud, Nycha, Public Housing, Ny Subsidized Housing, Subsidized Housing, Ny Affordable Housing, New York City Housing, Ny Housing, New York News

Finding housing is a nightmare for any New Yorker, but the task can be particularly vexing for those seeking government-subsidized apartments. There ...

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CHA's New Head Announced Amid Vacancy Dustup

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Housing Initiative, Public Housing, Rahm Emanuel, Lathrop Homes, City Credit Cards, Chicago Public Housing, Charles Woodyard Chicago, Cabrini Green, Chicago City Credit Cards, Charles Woodyard, Lewis Jordan, Chicago News

The former head of the public housing agency in Charlotte, N.C. was named the new leader of the Chicago Housing Authority Thursday as housing advocate...

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'Thirdhand Smoke' Poses Health Risks Too

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Second-Hand Smoke, Cigarettes, Public Housing, Smoking, Smoking Bans, Indiana, Thirdhand Smoke, Apartments, Third-Hand Smoke, Secondhand Smoke, Green News

Before this week, employees at the Indiana University Health medical center were free to step off the nonsmoking campus and light up a cigarette. Sure...

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CHA Drops Plan To Drug Test All Public Housing Residents

Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Chicago Housing Authority, American Civil Liberties Union, Richard Mell, Public Housing, Chicago, Drug Testing, Patrick O'Connor, Chicago Public Housing, Ed Burke, Chicago News

Following several weeks of protests, criticisms and a separate mini-scandal of their own, the Chicago Housing Authority announced Tuesday afternoon th...

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GOP Poised To Cut Food Aid For Pregnant Women, Children

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: GOP Budget, Gop Budget Cuts, Wic, Food Stamps, Housing Subsidies, Public Housing, Budget Cuts, Budget, Food Aid, Wic Program, Politics News

WASHINGTON — In an otherwise lean budget year, the House on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to boost funding to take care of the medical needs of t...

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Aldermen Want Random Drug Tests For City Employees

Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Chicago City Council, Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Politics, Public Housing, Random Drug Testing, City Employees, Drug Testing, Chicago News, Patrick O'Connor, Ed Burke, Chicago News

In the midst of Wednesday's City Council meeting, two members, powerful 14th Ward Alderman Edward Burke and 40th Ward Ald. Patrick O'Connor, introduce...

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Media Hit on Housing Programs Is Off Target

Sunia Zaterman | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Public Housing, Affordable Housing, Hope Vi, Hud, Washington Post, Recovery Act, Economic Development, Media News

Public housing is a multibillion dollar asset that is home to 2.2 million working families, seniors and people with disabilities. Not only is money not being wasted, it is producing an excellent return on investment.

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Cabrini-Green Target To Hire Public Housing Residents

Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Chicago Housing Authority, Cabrini Green Target, Public Housing, Cha, Cabrini Green Demolition, Chicago, Housing Projects, Target, Illinois, Cabrini Green, Chicago News

The Chicago Housing Authority and Target, the big-box retailer, appear to have reached a deal that would allow for a giant new store to be built on th...

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With Mixed Feelings, A Farewell To Cabrini-Green

The Huffington Post | Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Chicago Housing Authority, Cabrini Green Destroyed, Public Housing, Cabrini Green Demolition, Chicago, Housing Projects, Cabrini Green Demolished, Illinois, Cabrini Green, Video, Chicago News

It has been the dream of a city, the scourge of a nation, and even, briefly, the home of a mayor. As of Wednesday, the Cabrini-Green Housing Project w...

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Bishops Push Back On Allowing Gay Couples In Housing

Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Homosexuality, Catholic Bishops, Housing, Catholic Church, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public Housing, Housing and Urban Development, Religion News

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service WASHINGTON -- U.S. Catholic bishops are urging federal housing officials not to adopt proposed rules that would...

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HUD Says Medical Marijuana Rules Up To Local Housing Authorities

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hud, Mmj, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public Housing, Medical Marijuana, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Colorado Medical Marijuana News, Video, Denver News

A Colorado-based non-profit has received a statement from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) making it clear that local housin...

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From Wisconsin to Washington, Budget Cuts Draw Battle Lines

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

It's remarkable how little the demonstrations in Wisconsin have to do with the budget battle that initially sparked it. The budget process turns out to not really be about cutting spending.

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Entire Family Faces Eviction Due To One Man's Crime

Chicago Defender | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Poverty, Chicago Housing Authority Rules, Public Housing, Cha, Chicago Housing Authority, Eviction, Chicago News

A rarely used policy by the Chicago Housing Authority has spoiled the holiday season this year for a 15-year public housing resident. Patricia Jord...

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