October 2006
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- TV dishes: banned in Boston?The Hub is the first big city to weigh dish rules, citing a need to preserve historic charm. October 30, 2006
- Campaign targets predatory lendingCONCORD — An estimated $40 million in predatory lending occurs in New Hampshire, and a consortium of housing and banking groups started a public education … October 30, 2006
- New Jersey wants you … to provide affordable housingState program offering thousands to create low-cost apartments. October 30, 2006
- Their marriage was long in any stateMadison Couple’s Interracial Marriage Is Remembered At Memorial. October 30, 2006
- Children’s Place, Boca Promise get federal, county fundsCounty commissioners recently approved funding for some 18 non-profit groups, including $50,000 for The Children’s Place at Home Safe in Boca Raton October 30, 2006
- Protest says ‘no’ to racist gentrificationOn Oct. 16, hundreds gathered for a rally to protest the systematic displacement of people of color through police brutality and redevelopment. October 30, 2006
- TV dishes: banned in Boston?The Hub is the first big city to weigh dish rules, citing a need to preserve historic charm. October 30, 2006
- Mayor announces plans for 5,000 housing units in Long Island CityMayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that the city would b y 24 acres along the Long Island City waterfront from the Port Authority of New Y rk and New Jersey, where an estimated 5,000 new housing units for families earn ng between $60,000 to $145,000 a year will be c October 30, 2006
- Law protects military families from high-interest lendersAdvocates want the new law’s ban on arbitration clauses extended to all American consumers. October 30, 2006
- Study shows some landlords have bias against African immigrantsCLEVELAND - Testers posing as African immigrants seeking to rent apartments and other properties in northeastern Ohio were discriminated against more often than white, U.S.-born apartment seekers, a study found. October 30, 2006
- Predatory loans are a significant concern in stateLet’s face it. When you’re trying to settle on a house and figure out the money needed to get that house, the talk of points, mortgages, interest rates or annual percentage rates can make your head spin. October 30, 2006
- Running out of miraclesComplaining neighbors, rising property values in a rapidly gentrifying N.E. Portland neighborhood threaten to force out a club that has helped hundreds of addicts recover October 30, 2006
- AFFORDABLE HOUSINGNo single answer — but a matrix of measures to ease the next crisis October 30, 2006
- Predatory Lending Hits the Hispanic CommunityConsumer Advocate Harj Gill was recently quoted as saying that “Truth and Justice are the American Way,” and he added “But if you’re a Latino looking for a mortgage, you can forget about these values because they don’t apply to you October 30, 2006
- Champlain Theatre to open ‘A Raisin in the Sun’“A Raisin in the Sun” deals with people dreaming beyond their reach. Rose Pulliam thought director Joanne Farrell was doing just that when she decided to stage the play with an almost entirely black cast in the extremely white state of Vermont. October 30, 2006
- Fee will ease costs of affordable housing for LoganFuture developers will help pay for the township’s affordable housing obligations outlined early this year in a $5.3 million settlement. October 30, 2006
- Landlords take issue with Escondido rental banLandlord Louise Connor understands why the city recently passed a law barring rentals to illegal immigrants, a measure billed as one way to control residential overcrowding. She just knows that making sure your tenants are legal and following guidelines aren’t always so easy. October 30, 2006
- B.C. ranks high for subprime lendingThe shouting advertisements seem ceaseless: Refinance your home! Solve your credit problems with your home equity! Roll your credit-card debt into your mortgage October 30, 2006
- On the threshold of housing crisisMajor housebuilders claim they are being driven out of York by the council’s new policy on affordable housing. October 23, 2006
- Mentally ill need safe, affordable housingThe people of New York state are calling on the next governor to support a common-sense plan for reforming the state’s housing policies for the mentally ill. October 23, 2006
- Housing Crisis blastedLayton slams Tories for lack of action on homeless issue October 23, 2006
- County could set aside even more land for affordable housingThe county is looking for more land for affordable housing after state leaders said earlier this month that what they planned to set aside wasn’t enough. October 22, 2006
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