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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: Budget Control Act of 2011, Public Housing, Public Finance, U.S. Congress, Politics
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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: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Anderson Cooper 360 (tv program), Interior Policy, Gun Control
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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: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Employment Opportunities, Rentals, Politics, Interior Policy
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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: Politics, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, 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, Labor Legislation, Homes, Foreclosures
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Chicago's black legal community meets to stem youth violence
Herschella Conyers is an attorney who, along with several judges, recently invited a bunch of people to the University of Chicago to talk about violence and the growing number of teens getting entangled in the criminal justice system. Typically, these...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Chicago Law School, Criminals, Politics, Juvenile Delinquency
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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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You say Los Feliz, I say Los Feliz
It's a timeless — by L.A. standards — dispute: What's the right way to pronounce "Los Feliz"? In response to Tuesday's Column One on Anglicized versions of place names in Los Angeles reverting to their original Spanish pronunciations, more...
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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: Public Housing, Rentals, Politics, Social Issues, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Housing growth slowing around CTA, Metra rail stations, researchers say
Despite the high-selling prices of residences located near public transit, the creation of new housing has lagged in sections of the Chicago area near CTA and Metra rail stations, compared with more robust development in transit zones in New York,...
Tags: Public Housing, Politics, Chicago Transit Authority, Social Issues, Metra
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Dec 6, 2011
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May 14, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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