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How to Save the Los Angeles Times, End Rush Hour Traffic, Solve the Housing Crisis (And Not Have to Pay For It)

Brady Westwater | Posted 12.08.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Web 2.0, Traffic, Los Angeles Unified School District, Infrastructure, Housing, Charter Schools, Private Schools, Rush Hour, Green Living, The Los Angeles Times, Technology, Los Angeles, Gridlock, Affordable Housing, Los Angeles News
Brady Westwater

Two of the most important decisions any of us ever make is where we decide to live and what job we choose to accept. Rush hour traffic, however, proves how wrong we all can be.

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Housing Market Buoyed By $300 BILLION In Government Aid: CBO

Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Housing Aid, Cbo, Mortgage, Time, Congressional Budget Office, Housing Crisis, Affordable Housing, Business News

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office attempts to put a number on the amount of money the government has poured into the housing market. C...

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Back to the Future With Mike Bloomberg

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Term Limits, Campaign 2009, William Thompson, Mayoral Campaign, Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg Third Term, New York Times, Policy, Affordable Housing, New York News
Jarrett Murphy

He says he will deliver us a city "safer, stronger, greener and healthier -- and better than ever." Who can argue with that? As for the details, polls indicate he'll have four years to nail those down.

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Could the White House Save the Gowanus Canal?

John Petro | Posted 10.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Sites, Mass Transit, Sustainable-Communities, New York City, Barack Obama, Affordable Housing, Environmental Remediation, Gowanus Canal, Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Brooklyn, New York News
John Petro

The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn: both a site for a future Whole Foods and a potential federal Superfund site. Only in New York.

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

Mary Brosnahan | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

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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Developers Need Community Support, Communities Need Affordable Housing

John Petro | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Coney Island, Mayor Bloomberg, Williamsburg Brooklyn, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Credit Crisis, Inclusionary Zoning, San Francisco, Housing Crisis, New York City, Affordable Housing, Developers, New York News
John Petro

People are still moving to New York -- despite the recession -- and hundreds of thousands of new housing units will need to be built before supply catches up with demand.

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Aspen Gunfight at the Hotel Jerome

Michael Conniff | Posted 12.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Hotels, Travel, Real Estate, Aspen, Burlingame, Real Estate Transfer Tax, Rett, Developers, Hotel Jerome, Aspen Skiing Company, Mick Ireland, Wheeler Opera House, Aspen City Council, Affordable Housing, Denver News
Michael Conniff

Development. Say that word in Mayor Mick Ireland's Aspen and you're all but doomed to fail.

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Westchester Desegregation Pact Markets Affordable Housing

AP | JIM FITZGERALD | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Affordable Housing New York, Westchester Affordable Housing, Westchester Desegregation, Westchester New York, Westchester, New York, Affordable Housing, New York News

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The suburban county just north of New York City agreed Monday to create hundreds of affordable homes in heavily white commu...

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Cornerstone Program, Affordable Housing Deal, Not Followed Up By Bloomberg

New York Daily News | Adam Lisberg | Posted 09.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Bloomberg Administration, New York Housing, Mayor Bloomberg, New York Affordable Housing, Affordable Housing New York, Bloombeg Affordable Housing, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Cornerstone Program, Affordable Housing, New York News

The Bloomberg administration never checked to see if developers who got discounted city land in exchange for building affordable housing kept their en...

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Bronzeville Residents Take Housing Crusade To Mayor Daley's Home

Chi-Town Daily News | Adrian G. Uribarri | Posted 08.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Bronzeville, Bronzeville Affordable Housing, Affordable Housing, Mayor Daley, Chicago Olympics, Chicago News

More than 40 Bronzeville residents packed into a schoolbus last night to visit Mayor Richard M. Daley's house, demanding that city officials approve 5...

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Invest in Ending Homelessness

Maria Foscarinis | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mainstreet, President Obama, Homelessness, Homeless, Institute for Policy Studies, Helping the Homeless, Los Angeles, Wall Street, Affordable Housing, Mandate for Change, Politics News
Maria Foscarinis

Investing in ending homelessness by building the safety net would create jobs, strengthen communities and save money--shoring up the interests of Wall Street.

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New Orleans: Where Did the Money Go?

Harry Shearer | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Road Home, Affordable Housing, New Orleans Housing, Katrina, New Orleans Recovery, Politics News
Harry Shearer

The State of Louisiana has just replaced the previous private contractor, ICF, in charge of the program to renovate or rebuild affordable rental housing in New Orleans.

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Homeownership Done Right

David M. Abromowitz | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Foreclosure, Homeowners, Affordable Housing, Financial Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, Business News
David M. Abromowitz

We heard very little during the campaign about what has succeeded at enabling hardworking families with average or below-average incomes to afford a home.

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I Just Voted in the Most Important Election of My Life

Kip Williams | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Guides, Prop 6, Prop B, Green Jobs, Proposition 8, Prop H, Clean Energy, 2008 Election, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Affordable Housing, Politics News
Kip Williams

I'm so excited about November 4 that I can't wait. So I didn't! I just voted early.

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