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Suffer the Little Children
Why is it that no good policy goes unpunished in the Bush administration? Since its inception in 1997, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-Chip) has provided health insurance to […]
Credit Where Credit is Due
I wholeheartedly agree with Peter Dreier that housing activists should join with others to support policies that would lift the working poor (and other poor people) out of poverty. I […]
Martinez Makes Amends
Housing advocates are wondering if Mel Martinez had a conversion on the road to the Capitol. His record as HUD secretary merited failing grades on affordable-housing production and homelessness. Since […]
Half-Truths on the Hudson
Through the rose-colored glasses of USA Today, Jersey City looks fabulous. America’s newspaper ran a feature article describing how the Hudson County city-long before “The Sopranos,” the butt of a […]
Weathering the Storm
As the foreclosure tsunami sweeps through Ohio’s communities, housing advocates devise strategies to keep homeowners from being pulled under.
Meeting the Foreclosure Crisis
Every day, news reports document rising foreclosures and their growing impact on our economy. As the congressional representative from Ohio’s north coast – a region with one of the highest […]
Praise for the Peacock
Shelterforce never shies away from chiding mainstream media for ignoring America’s affordable-housing crisis, so we shouldn’t hesitate to give praise where it’s due. Kudos to MSNBC.com’s Rising from Ruin an […]
Not That Happy Anymore
Things are heating up in Anaheim, Calif., where a dispute between the city council, a housing developer, and the Walt Disney Company has turned “the happiest place on earth” into […]
Stripped of Duty
All 22 staff members of the Berkeley Housing Authority were fired in late spring after an investigation uncovered abuses within the agency, which receives $25 million in federal funds each […]
A Hometown with You in Mind?
A new book rating more than 400 U.S. metropolitan areas taps Gainesville, Fla., as the best place to live in the country. In the second edition of “Cities Ranked & […]
Too Much of a Good Thing?
Housing First may have gone a long way toward taking homeless individuals off the street, but it’s leaving families out in the cold.