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Ind. housing, meals take hit under federal budget cuts
VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) — Agencies across Indiana are dropping flood insurance, scaling back on free meals for the elderly and reducing the number of Section 8 housing vouchers they provide as funding shrinks because of automatic federal budget cuts....Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Public Housing, Section 8 (housing), FEMA, Interior Policy
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Gun debate: Elkhart Co. sheriff to appear on Anderson Cooper 360
Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers has been invited to appear on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 tonight to offer his viewpoint on the gun control debate. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, Rogers will appear with several other...
Tags: Firearms, Interior Policy, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Anderson Cooper 360 (tv program)
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Bloomington man dies after being shot in head
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Witnesses to a fatal shooting say they watched the car with the person who fatally shot a Bloomington man drive past slowly several times before hearing shots ring out. Monroe County Coroner Nicole Meyer said it appears 28-...Tags: Shootings
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South Bend Housing Authority chief resigns
SOUTH BEND TRIBUNESOUTH BEND — Marva Leonard-Dent said that she’s resigning today after nearly 10 years as director of the South Bend Housing Authority. It comes as the agency’s board continues to look for answers to a series of allegations about the...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Interior Policy, Politics, Employment Opportunities
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Proposed fees questioned in landlord registry plan
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- A proposal to create a mandatory registry for South Bend landlords could mean registra-tion fees of $50 every two years for single-family homes and $100 every two years for duplexes. Landlords could be fined $100 for failing to appear for a...Tags: Services and Shopping, Rental Service, Rentals, Condos and Houses
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Feds: Couple claimed welfare, lived in $1.2M home
SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecutors say a Seattle chiropractor and his wife drove a luxury car and lived in a $1.2 million waterfront home while claiming welfare assistance. The U.S. attorney's office filed a civil lawsuit last Friday accusing David...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Highland Park, Deerfield differ on approaches to affordable housing
Six months ago, Jose Rodriguez's cramped one-bedroom apartment had three beds in it. He and his wife shared one, and their two daughters bunked in the others. Today, thanks to Highland Park's affordable housing program, the family has room to grow...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Foreclosures, Labor Legislation, Homes
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Chris MacKenzie New Women's Ice Hockey Coach At UConn
The Hartford CourantUConn announced the hiring of Chris MacKenzie as its women's ice hockey coach Thursday while moving closer to finalizing the process of hiring of a men's coach. MacKenzie, an assistant at Ohio State the past two seasons, takes over for Heather Linstad,...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, Connecticut Huskies, Hockey (music group), Ice Hockey
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Mossburg misrepresents research on housing vouchers
In her April 23 column, “Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor,” Marta H. Mossburg quoted me as saying that laws prohibiting landlords to accept Section 8 vouchers “exacerbate” the problem of finding housing...Tags: Stamford, Housing and Urban Planning, Poverty, Interior Policy, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Mossburg wrong on housing vouchers
As the legislative chair of the Maryland Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies, which represents the agencies that actually administer the Section 8 rental assistance program, it was disturbing to read the distortions in Marta Mossburg's...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Public Housing, Social Issues, Interior Policy, Annapolis
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Section 8 housing is a nightmare for landlords
In a recent letter to the editor, Johns Hopkins professor Stefanie DeLuca recently suggested that many landlords refuse to rent to people with Section 8 housing vouchers because they are unfairly prejudiced against those prospective tenants ("Mossburg...Tags: Public Housing, Section 8 (housing)
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State shouldn't let landlords discriminate
As we recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act, it is significant to note that the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan regions are among the most segregated in America. Last month, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil...Tags: Separation of Church and State, Section 8 (housing), Maryland General Assembly, Condos and Houses, Public Housing
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