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Housing security unit disbanded, employees laid off
Baltimore's housing office has disbanded its security unit, laying off seven sworn police officers, the agency said Thursday. The duties of the Lease Enforcement Unit — which investigates criminal activity in public housing to determine if a...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Housing and Urban Planning, Baltimore 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: Annapolis, Condos and Houses, Rentals, Racism, Section 8 (housing)
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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: Annapolis, Interior Policy, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Politics, Rentals
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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: Section 8 (housing), Chicago Housing Authority
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Editorials: History underground, Section 8 limits
This hallowed ground The Harbor Square apartments are history. The 368-unit complex, much of which was dedicated to Section 8 subsidized housing, was razed last year by the city of Hampton to make room for a new courthouse, as well as some street...Tags: Hampton Roads, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Housing and Urban Planning, Section 8 (housing), Chicago Housing Authority
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Glendale is no different from Los Angeles
In 2001, Former Mayor Frank Quintero approved changing the benefit factor that would allow safety personnel to retire after 30 years of service at age 50 with 90% of their last year of spiked income, rather than maintaining their existing generous 75%...Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Politics, Government, Housing and Urban Planning
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Why Sinanyan and not Drayman?
On April 5, Roberta Medford wrote candidate Zareh J. Sinanyan’s first act on the City Council should be “either an unequivocal and verifiable denial that the controversial online postings are his, or a sincere and contrite apology for them.&...Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Politics, Housing and Urban Planning, Local Elections
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Glendale plans to counter Section 8 housing cuts
Glendale housing officials plan to tap reserves in order to save an estimated 112 households from losing affordable housing vouchers as a result of the across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration. City officials expect to lose at least...Tags: Google Inc., Interior Policy, Politics, Housing and Urban Planning, Social Security
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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: Public Finance, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FEMA, Interior Policy
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Agencies in Maryland dodge furloughs — for now
A month after across-the-board federal spending cuts began, there are signs that one of the most troubling potential consequences for Maryland — the furloughing of federal employees — might not be as widespread as initially feared. But the...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Fort Meade (military base), Unemployment, Government, Housing and Urban Planning
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Report challenges tie between housing vouchers, crime
Renters' use of housing choice vouchers, more commonly known as Section 8 vouchers, long has worried communities that the arrival of voucher-holding tenants in a neighborhood will lead to crime and, eventually, lower property values. That's not true,...
Tags: New York University, Personal Income, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Md. rental housing discrimination likely to die in committee
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe Maryland Senate voted by the narrowest of margins this week to send a bill that aimed to address rental housing discrimination back to committee, effectively ending its chances of passing this year. Sen. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington, who...Tags: Christopher B. Shank, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Jamin B. Raskin, Discrimination, Social Issues
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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