Section 8

Fed Up With Housing Policy

Paul Boden | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Section 8, Congress, Social Justice, Poverty, Public Housing, Budget Cuts, Budget, President Obama, Progressives, Western Regional Advocacy Project, Housing Crisis, Affordable Housing, Foreclosure Crisis, Human Rights, Homelessness, Federal Budget Deficit, Community Organizing, Social Movements, Housing and Urban Development, Section 8 Housing Vouchers, Politics News
Paul Boden

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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Matt Sledge

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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From Welfare to Wellbeing?

Robin Koerner | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Daniel Hannan, Section 8, Welfare, Poverty, Child Welfare, Workfare, New York, Politics News
Robin Koerner

Any welfare for working adults should be in return for some contribution to society, whose other members are providing the help. Rather than mailing welfare checks without condition, government should pay a minimum wage for work done.

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President Obama's Political Sepulcher

Bruce Fein | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Syria, Taiwan, Al Qaeda, President Obama, Cia, Libyan War, Kosovo War, South China Sea, Somalia, Pakistan, Afghan War, Persian Gulf War, Julius Caesar, Founding Fathers, Iraq, U.S. Constitution, China, Nuclear Weapons, Vietnam War, Russia, Korean War, Military Spending, War Powers Resolution, Hamid Karzai, Section 8, Zimbabwe, United Nations Security Council, Yemen, Clause 11, Bahrain, Executive Branch, Barack Obama, Burma, Caligula, Iraq War, Libya, Afghanistan, Kabul Bank, World War II, Article I, North Korea, Politics News
Bruce Fein

President Barack Obama's political sepulcher will be war. His extinguishment as a political comet could have been avoided if he had respected the exclusive constitutional responsibility of Congress to commence war.

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The Hidden Truth About Chatham

Zack Isaacs | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Section 8, Chicago Sun-Times, Chatham, Series, Lottery, Mary Mitchell, Housing, Crime, Classism, Chicago Neighborhoods, Chicago News
Zack Isaacs

For years, Chatham has been the premier black community on the South Side with nice homes and manicured lawns. But some residents feel their "grass wa...

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Rahm: Paying the Political Price for Choosing a School

Matt Farmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Section 8, Rahm Emanuel, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago, Rahm Emanuel Chicago Mayor, CPS Selective Enrollment Schools, Phil Ponce, Mary Jane Theis, Ron Huberman, Cps, Chicago News
Matt Farmer

Two months from now, Rahm Emanuel will be in charge of Chicago's public school system. Don't be surprised, however, if the Mayor-elect and his wife end up sending their own kids to private schools.

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Anxious Crowd Mobs Public Housing Authority For Section 8 WAITING LIST

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Section 8, Unemployment Rate, Housing, Public Housing, Third World America, East Point, Jobless, Financial Crisis, Georgia, Atlanta, Video, Politics News

UPDATE (11:24 PM Eastern): Officials now estimate that a crowd of 30,000 turned out, three times what they had originally anticipated. Some in attenda...

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The Cost of Cuts

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Section 8, New York City Department of Homeless Services, Brad Lander, Homelessness, Mayor Bloomberg, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Spending Cuts, Budget Cuts, National League of Cities, Fees, New York City Housing Authority, Budgets, City Budgets, New York News
John Petro

Mayor Bloomberg insists that raising taxes on the city's wealthiest citizens will induce them to leave the city altogether, leaving the city even worse off. This flies in the face of the evidence.

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Ameenah Joiner Gets Family Back On Their Feet Thanks To Supportive Housing

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Section 8, Wisconsin, Section 8 Rental Housing Vouchers, Homelessness, Homeless, Milwaukee, Washington Park Apartments, Ameenah Joiner, United Methodist Children's Services, Domestic Violence, Supportive Housing, Impact News

Fleeing domestic violence in Chicago, Ameenah Joiner and her two young children relocated to Milwaukee in hopes of finding a better life. The family h...

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Running Out of Beds

Mary Brosnahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Section 8, New York Homeless, New York City Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs, New York Homeless Shelters, Homelessness, Recession, Michael Bloomberg, New York News
Mary Brosnahan

Mayor Bloomberg's responsible for this crisis. Since Bloomberg cut homeless families off from Section 8 vouchers and public housing priority, more families, not less, poured into the shelter system.

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Homeless and Waiting in Detroit

Mark Horvath | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless, Section 8, Housing, Homelessness, Invisible People, invisiblepeople.tv, Impact News
Mark Horvath

Karen wishes only for some money, peace of mind and to get into her new residence. It's a shame that we can't provide solutions for people like Karen who are simply transitioning and trying to make the right choices.

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NYC's Record Homeless Shelter Population and How to Tackle the Crisis

Mary Brosnahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Section 8, New York Mayoral Debate, Homelessness, Michael Bloomberg, Coalition for the Homeless, Homeless Shelters, Bill Thompson, Linda Gibbs, Affordable Housing, New York News
Mary Brosnahan

Compared to 2002, 45% more New Yorkers are sleeping in municipal homeless shelters each year. Homelessness is rising -- so change the city's policy.

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Jason Linkins

Dirty Secret Of The Bailout: Thirty-Two Words That None Dare Utter

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Section 8, Bailout, Paulson Bailout Package, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson Wall Street, Politics News

GET MORE UPDATES ON THE BAILOUT A critical - and radical - component of the bailout package proposed by the Bush administration has thus far faile...

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The Economic Shock: An Interview With Naomi Klein on the Current Crisis

Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Naomi Klein Interview, Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine, Economy, Naomi Klein Economy, Section 8, International Monetary Fund, Free Market Finance, Imf, Fannie Mae, Clinton Administration, Bush Administration, Freddie Mac, Argentina Federal Debt, Chile Federal Debt, Laissez-Faire, Shock Economics, Free Market Ideology, Politics News
Wajahat Ali

"There are a lot of things the taxpayers have a right to ask of Wall Street in exchange for these bailouts." (Klein)

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Jason Linkins

Dodd On Paulson Plan: "Not Just Our Economy At Risk...Our Constitution As Well"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Section 8, Paulson Bailout Package, Henry Paulson, Chris Dodd, Bailout, Henry Paulson Wall Street, Financial Crisis, Video, Christopher Dodd, Politics News

Senator Christopher Dodd opened today's Senate Banking Committee hearing by offering deep concern over the bailout package proposal that's been put fo...

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