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Housing Projects

HUD Salutes Low-income Families Moving to Opportunity

Philip Tegeler | Posted 04.15.2013 | Impact
Read More: Housing Projects, Opportunity Communities, Poverty, Housing Discrimination, Hud, Segregated Housing, Impact News
Philip Tegeler

We are often the first to point out that HUD has fallen short in its mandate to promote racial integration in its housing programs, but we also recognize when HUD does the right thing. I attended the Fair Housing Month celebration last month and was moved by the stories we heard.

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Poor People Don't Have Feelings

Will Newman | Posted 05.04.2013 | Comedy
Read More: Cute Kitten Videos, Video, Poverty, Kittens, Funny Videos, Music Video, Housing Projects, Washington Heights, Poor, Music Videos, Funny Music Videos, Music, Cute Kittens, New York City, New York, Comedy News
Will Newman

I know what you're thinking. Something like "This is even worse than Seth MacFarlane's boobs song" or "This song literally dehumanizes the poor by turning them into kittens, fondled for the amusement of juvenile musicians." And you're right.

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Family Of Man Killed By NYPD Cruiser To Hold Rally

Posted 05.07.2012 | New York
Read More: Al Sharpton, Canarsie, Nypd, Canarsie Brooklyn, Tamon Robinson, Ny News, Housing Projects, Nypd Scandals, New York Crime, National Action Network, New York News, New York News

The family of a Brooklyn man struck and killed by a police car earlier this month will join Reverend Al Sharpton in calling for an investigation into ...

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HUD Gives Colorado Millions

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 09.13.2011 | Denver
Read More: Colorado Public Housing, Denver News, Housing Projects, Denver Colorado, Colorado News, Public Housing Units, Housing and Urban Development, Denver Housing Authority, Denver Public Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Denver News

Colorado was awarded $12.1 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for improvements to public housing units Tuesday, t...

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Cabrini-Green Target To Hire Public Housing Residents

Posted 07.03.2011 | Chicago
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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Boy Who Watched Brother's Murder Sentenced To 71 Years

Posted 06.04.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Derrick Lemon Murder, Eric Morse Murder, Eric Morse, Chicago, Housing Projects, Derrick Lemon, Ida B. Wells Project, Illinois, Illya Glover, Ida B. Wells, Chicago Violence, Chicago News

In 1994, a child's tragic murder at a housing project in Chicago made headlines across the nation. Five-year-old Eric Morse and his brother Derrick Le...

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With Mixed Feelings, A Farewell To Cabrini-Green

The Huffington Post | Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.30.2011 | Chicago
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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'Bed Intruder' Songster Turning Fame Into A Future

AP | Associated Press Writer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Antoine Dodson, Bed Intruder Song, Poverty, Housing Projects, Antoine Dodson T Shirt, Impact News

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Antoine Dodson's angry, head-shaking TV interview about an attempted rape against his younger sister in her bed has turned in...

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Cabrini-Green's Demolition: Notorious Housing Project Torn Down Slowly (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Housing Projects, Cabrini-Green, Cabrini Green, Low Income Housing, Cabrini Green Demolition, Housing Project Demolition, Video, Chicago News

For years, the site of the Cabrini-Green housing projects on Chicago's Near North Side has undergone massive transformation. The infamous housing pro...

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Jack Kemp: Bleeding-Heart Conservative

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: President, Leadership, Football, Children, Economics, Washington, Common Ground, Conservatism, Congress, Legacy, Black, Bleeding Heart, Republican Jack Kemp, Compassion, Civil Rights, Republican, Conservative, Racism, White, Housing Projects, Housing, Bill Bradley, Political Leader, Development, Poverty, Housing and Urban Development, Partisan, African Americans, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Kemp was a fervent believer in "supply side economics," which I just as fervently oppose. But you do not have to agree with all of Jack Kemp's economic policies to be impressed and inspired with his life and leadership.

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Green Housing Project Sprouts Up in New York

The Highbridge Lowdown | Sarah Maslin Nir | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy Star, Bronx, Environment, Housing Projects, Multifamily Building Performance Program, Green Housing, Low-Income Housing, New York, Leed, Nyserda, Green Living, Green News

A vacant lot in the Highbridge area of the Bronx heralds the latest installment of what some say is the future of low-income housing. XX Avenue* is to...

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