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  • Joint Utility Discount Day is September 27, 2011!Low-income residents can apply for discounts and financial assistance on all of their utility bills at a single location during the annual Joint Utility Discount Day (JUDD) that will take place at the : Walter E. Washington Convention Center , Hall A on Tuesday, September 27th from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm. The environmental department has partnered with the Public Service Commission, the Office of the People’s Counsel, PEPCO, Washington Gas, DC Water and Sewer Authority and Verizon to put the event together. Howard University School of Law’s Fair Housing Clinic Student Attorneys will be on hand as volunteers. September 26, 2011
  • Joint Utility Discount Day is September 27, 2011!Low-income residents can apply for discounts and financial assistance on all of their utility bills at a single location during the annual Joint Utility Discount Day (JUDD) that will take place at the : Walter E. Washington Convention Center , Hall A on Tuesday, September 27th from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm. The environmental department has partnered with the Public Service Commission, the Office of the People’s Counsel, PEPCO, Washington Gas, DC Water and Sewer Authority and Verizon to put the event together. Howard University School of Law’s Fair Housing Clinic Student Attorneys will be on hand as volunteers. September 26, 2011
  • Fair Housing Clinical Law Program Participates at Tenant & Tenant Association SummitFourth Annual Tenant Summit & Tenant Association Summit

    Saturday, September 17, 2011; 8:30 AM — 4:00 PM

    Kellogg Conference Center at Gallaudet University

    800 Florida Avenue, NE

    Washington, D.C. 20002

    202-719-6550     September 14, 2011

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Howard Law Fair Housing News Digest

  • Foreclosure reviews to take longer than expectedReviews of hundreds of thousands of foreclosure cases ordered by regulators last year will take months longer to complete than first expected, according to documents filed with federal banking regulators. The delays could postpone compensation for some homeowners harmed by improper foreclosure actions. The reviews cover foreclosure actions in 2009 and 2010 by the nation’s 14 largest mortgage servicers, which handle payments for about 65% of U.S. mortgages. They are required by enforcement orders announced by federal regulators last April. January 13, 2012
  • Decline of affordable housing has many causesYou don’t have to be an economist to know that family income for the last three decades has accelerated at a much slower pace than the cost of housing, compounding the difficulty low- and moderate-income people face in seeking affordable housing. The situation means that people with low and moderate incomes must spend an ever greater portion of household income on rent. Don’t expect the problem to reverse anytime soon because many of the economic and political factors that made land and housing affordable no longer exist. January 13, 2012
  • Billionaire Paulson Persists With Rebounding Property: MortgagesMortgage securities are drawing buyers after tumbling last year and handing billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson his first loss in the bond market. Paulson, who made $15 billion in 2007 betting against U.S. subprime mortgages, is sticking with bullish investments in residential and commercial mortgage securities, helping his Credit Opportunities Ltd. fund gain about 1 percent last quarter to narrow its 2011 decline to 18 percent. January 13, 2012

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