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Obama's economic stimulus package is on the cusp of injecting some much-needed capital into greening Main Street.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan has a simple message for housing and community development officials: HUD is here to help, not hinder, your efforts.
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President-elect Barack Obama has campaigned tirelessly during the past two years, visiting as many as five states in a single day. But fighting for the presidency is nothing compared to what lies ahead: Enacting the change he has promised during countless debates, interviews, and rallies across the...
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Angry, escalating voices. Children crying. Glass breaking. Gun shots. These are sounds nobody likes to hear from the apartment next door.
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After eight years of leading a big-city public housing agency, Carl Greene knows what it's like to walk down the long, dark halls of a public housing project. He knows how far living conditions can deteriorate and how unbelievably long it can take to get a window or a toilet fixed. Most of all, he...
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It's a scenario that's not difficult to picture. A Washington police officer – a single mother who is responsible for keeping the nation's capital safe in this era of heightened security – cannot afford to live anywhere close to her precinct. Because many two-bedroom apartments in the close-in...
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams has been a "breath of fresh air" in bringing new housing to the city, despite some political missteps along his way, says Robert J. Reid, executive director of the National Housing Conference (NHC). Housing is not only on Williams' agenda, but "he's talking...
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Last year, the General Accounting Office ranked the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as the second most effective and improved agency in the government. But despite this accomplishment, HUD Secretary Mel Martinez walked into an office that was riddled with inefficiencies and...
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In 1993, The Habitat Co. abolished apartment rent concessions. During a time when Chicago communities were offering prospective residents up to four months of free rent, Habitat, a Chicago-based owner, manager and developer of multifamily housing, ran full-page ads in local newspapers announcing...
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In the early 1990s, HUD had a reputation for owning some of the biggest slums in Boston. “There were a number of negative stories about HUD's management,” says Jeffrey Sacks, an attorney at Brown Rudnick in Boston, which represented a group of HUD tenants at one agency-owned property.