LOW INCOME HOUSING
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Chicago has committed to revitalizing the third largest public housing system in the country. Its mission is to improve public housing in Chicago, but not necessarily to rescue low-income residents from poor housing conditions.
By Janoah | Published 6/12/2007 | Read more »
ACORN Housing Corp is a non-profit organization that assists low-income individuals and families across the nation with obtaining a first-time home loan.
By Susan Sonnen | Published 9/17/2007 | Read more »
An overview of New York and it's housing situation.
By Pat Rapacchiano | Published 7/24/2008 | Read more »
New Hampshire's largest-ever housing development specifically designed for low and moderate income people is being built in Hanover, one of the state's wealthiest communities and home of Dartmouth College.
By Kristen Senz | Published 4/11/2007 | Read more »
A new affordable housing project in Hampton, NB, will provide 32 units of housing for seniors. The housing has been designed to be energy efficient, with low environmental impact.
By Moishe Alexander | Published 4/14/2009 | Read more »
Some of the most historical Catholic churches of Boston are undergoing conversion to housing. People with a range of incomes are enjoying life in these truly blessed homes and helping to preserve the character of surrounding neighborhoods.
By David Holtzman | Published 3/1/2007 | Read more »
Are you a tenant with a housing problem? Look no further. This article details the various free resources for legal help all over the US and provides direct links to their contact info.
By Lori Voth (Revezbelle) | Published 4/26/2007 | Read more »
When attending Flagler College, many students are interested in locating off-campus housing, but are unsure on where to located rental properties. This article explores off-campus housing ideas, and provides ideas on how to secure properties.
By Aimee E | Published 8/17/2007 | Read more »
The state of Pennsylvania has announced a $1 million investment in affordable housing for residents.
By Rachel Krech | Published 7/30/2007 | Read more »
If you're considering living in low income housing, review this benefits and drawbacks first to avoid making a mistake you'll regret.
By Steve Thompson | Published 1/16/2008 | Read more »
Applying for low-income housing can be hard, Rentbetter.org is trying to make it easier. This is my experience trying to apply for low-income housing in California.
By Caidence | Published 4/22/2008 | Read more »
Being low income and living in low income housing should not mean being treated as though opinions and fears do not matter. Are higher priced communities the only places deserving of better treatment? I say no.
By Just Me | Published 2/19/2009 | Read more »
Communities and low income families needing home improvements can seek help through grants.
By Patricia Williams | Published 2/28/2009 | Read more »
You may be wondering what a low income apartment is, and how this may apply to you. Well, low income apartments are houses that can be afforded by those who have low or moderate income...
By SuperDave | Published 11/13/2007 | Read more »
With this article you will learn how to qualify for a low income apartment.
By Alton | Published 5/19/2009 | Read more »
A list of resources that are avaliable to the single parent.
By Kristie Shaw | Published 10/9/2007 | Read more »
Purchasing a home seems to be increasingly difficult for low to moderate income families. This article offers insite into low income home ownership programs available in Eugene, Oregon.
By Kori Rodley Irons | Published 10/15/2006 | Read more »
Fuel Assistance is available for low income families and individual Massachusetts residents who qualify. This article describes the programs in general and how to go about applying for them.
By Lori Voth (Revezbelle) | Published 1/20/2007 | Read more »
In spite of general economic improvements in the middle 1990s, low-income families had economic problems this article discusses how it might have effected adolescents.
By DeadHeadDave | Published 12/10/2007 | Read more »
Low income families often only dream of getting out of poverty, and don't even dare to think about actually building equity and gaining wealth. However, there are steps to be taken that can change all that....for good.
By cbb | Published 7/1/2008 | Read more »
Qualifying low-income residents of Indiana can receive free legal advice and free legal representation in cases that are non-criminal. This free legal help is available through an organization called Indiana Legal Services, or ILS for short.
By Crystal Ray | Published 5/22/2006 | Read more »
Section 8 housing vouchers are available from the U.S. Housing Authority for low-income families who need assistance with paying their rent. Read on to find out how to apply and how to use them effectively.
By Steve Thompson | Published 11/29/2007 | Read more »
It can seem like a catch 22; if you weren't paying so much on rent, you'd be able to save a bit of money, but you can't purchase a home without that money saved in the first place. There are programs available that will help make buying a home reality.
By Lolaness | Published 12/20/2005 | Read more »
Moorestown, New Jersey, named as the nation's "Top Town" in 2005, struggled to come to terms with its State affordable housing plan.
By ivylily | Published 1/19/2009 | Read more »
Will your state require you to let someone else watch your special needs child? Here's what you should know.
By Emma S. | Published 8/22/2008 | Read more »
This proposal was part of an assignment that was given to create insight to observations in the community and evaluative a comprehensive plan to share with other workers interested in the social work field.
By Quinnellabella | Published 10/26/2007 | Read more »
From now until May 15, 2008 low income renters in the Chicago area can apply for the CHA voucher program. This program allows renters to have more freedom of choice in where they live while on assistance.
By Rebecca Rosenburg | Published 4/21/2008 | Read more »
Low Income people need to have certain reminders on their calendars month by month to take advantage of certain benefits that they may have coming to them.
By AngelBean | Published 1/16/2009 | Read more »
Creating nice, safe, and comfortable communties in public housing is the key to their success. This article looks at how to make this possible through through other successful communities incluind co-housing.
By Bonnie Easley-Appleyard | Published 1/18/2008 | Read more »
If you find yourself facing difficult financial times, consider low income housing as a viable alternative. Here are some tips to help you make the most of your new life.
By Jacqueline Parks | Published 4/3/2008 | Read more »
When a senior cannot care for themselves anymore, a nursing home is a great option. But what if the senior is still capable to care for themselves on their own and just need a little assistance or have little money?
By mama4kids | Published 10/10/2007 | Read more »
Do you think you should be paying for other people to live, just so they can lounge around on your tax dollars? Maybe this will show you why it has happened and what has been done since.
By Mike Stufano | Published 12/27/2006 | Read more »
This article was written for AccessLife, a website devoted to eldlery care and concerns.
By Debora HIll | Published 10/21/2007 | Read more »
"No federal financing strategy works better."
By Brant McLaughlin | Published 11/20/2007 | Read more »
The public housing advocates, activists and civic leaders sought the elimination of New York City's crumbling slums. They initially believed that public housing would improve the housing stock of the area and invigorate New York City's social structure, but did it?
By Ronald Fernandez | Published 12/13/2007 | Read more »
Amid rising foreclosures in the nation, Illinois Gov Blagojevich expands the I-Loan, giving low to moderate income families additional options in order to purchase their first home.
By Charlene Wohlhart | Published 9/14/2007 | Read more »
A look at possible solutions to Los Angeles' affordable housing crisis such as inclusionary zoning and community land trusts
By russell huebsch | Published 8/7/2008 | Read more »
The city of Anaheim is considering some low-income housing. However, nearby Disneyland is saying no thank you. Is it time that Disney was put in it's place.
By Paradigm | Published 2/20/2007 | Read more »
Millions of low income U.S. workers get the Earned Income Credit each year.
By Gina Orman | Published 1/5/2007 | Read more »
There are women who have four or five children and each has a different daddy. Then there are women who have four or five children and neither child knows their father.
By Zenovia B. | Published 11/14/2006 | Read more »
Mary had grown up in low-income housing and trailer parks and learned at a very early age how to take care of herself.
By Theresa A. Nixon | Published 8/22/2008 | Read more »
Municipal bonds are what help the local and state governments pay for projects such as construction for schools, highways, hospitals, bridges, streets, water and sewage systems, airports, and low income housing.
By Jessica Mousseau | Published 1/17/2007 | Read more »
Chicago public housing developments began as a place for people of low-income to establish a home and also became a great voting bloc for Harold Washington's Mayoral Elections.
By Lourdes G. Vazquez | Published 6/6/2008 | Read more »
The article explains why the poor people are the one's most hurt by today's economic crisis.
By Carolyn Foster | Published 12/4/2008 | Read more »
Where can you get help with a disconnect shut-off notice on your gas or electric bill? Here are a few agencies that will help your low-income family.
By Carolyn Foster | Published 4/20/2009 | Read more »
In Oregon, a government-funded housing development for the obese may be built, much to the complaints from taxpayers who think the obese can help their condition.
By Greg Brian (Gregoriancant) | Published 2/3/2009 | Read more »
As the population ages, the demand for senior housing grows. Here are some recently opened senior housing projects in Monterey County, California.
By Kathryn (Kathy) Nichols | Published 3/31/2009 | Read more »
An in depth look at accessing Section 8 in Bucks County to obtain affordable housing.
By Melissa B | Published 4/13/2009 | Read more »
The housing sector in India is characterized by effervescent prices and acquisitions at top speed by the middle and upper classes of the society.
By keerti mallela | Published 1/30/2009 | Read more »
When the Chicago Housing Authority had reopened its RentBetter program waiting list after having it closed for a decade, I was thinking this was my chance to get back on my feet.
By Nafeesah Abdullah | Published 8/12/2008 | Read more »
For local medical providers, Abundant Resources is a chance to give back to their communities doing what they do best, healing the sick. For the community, it's a godsend.
By Lucinda Gunnin | Published 11/23/2007 | Read more »
How to find affordable rental housing in your area
By L. Kelly Piatt | Published 9/24/2007 | Read more »
More people throughout New York will be able to afford housing.
By Rachel Krech | Published 9/23/2007 | Read more »
Public housing in St. Louis used to mean notorious high rises like Drast-Webbbe and Pruitt-Igoe but now the housing approval rating has risen from 14 out of 100 to a 92. But there a lot left to be done......
By Walt Crocker | Published 9/30/2008 | Read more »
On January 29,2008, Floridians will be asked to vote to double the $25,000 homestead exemption and allow homeowners to take up to $500,000 of their Save Our Homes benefits when they move to another property.
By Susan S | Published 1/4/2008 | Read more »
While financial assistance is available to qualified residents to have their septic tanks pumped out every four years, no assistance is available for those who need to have their undersized and aging septic tanks replaced.
By Corey Sipe | Published 2/12/2008 | Read more »
An examination of the projected benefits of permanent supportive housing for the homeless veteran population.
By Elizabeth Brown | Published 7/22/2008 | Read more »
The city of Ashland Oregon collects a 25% utility tax from all residents who want power. This tax is a hardship for low income people and should be forgiven.
By Vanessa Houk | Published 2/25/2008 | Read more »
Housing crunch might be irreversible.
By Carl Benjamin | Published 2/19/2008 | Read more »
If you live in the NY area, or are planning on moving to this area, you should take a look at different projects that can get you affordable rental housing.
By Marlia Brightson | Published 10/10/2008 | Read more »
If you are just starting out and work a minimum wage job or an entry-level job, it can be hard to get a salary to stretch when there is not that much money to stretch to begin with.
By april tucker | Published 8/12/2008 | Read more »
This is a brief, yet intensive overview of the psycho-socio-economic damages and casualties left by this long term Master Plan for low-income housing in Chicago.
By betty warner | Published 8/13/2008 | Read more »
Article giving leads and information on the best way to find HUD housing or HUD homes and the new intense approach HUD is taking to attack the housing crisis.
By Vicki L. Sullivan | Published 6/25/2008 | Read more »
Are you low income and have a child under the age of five? If so you might qualify for the WIC Program.
By Kimberly Bunch | Published 2/26/2009 | Read more »
With the crashing of the real estate market came the popping of the great American Dream. How did we get here and who is to blame?
By Daniel J. Gansle | Published 2/23/2009 | Read more »
Barack Obama is selecting people that will get the housing industry back on track. Shaun Donovan, who has made strides as New York's housing commissioner, is his choice to lead HUD.
By Robert Dougherty | Published 12/13/2008 | Read more »
It comes to my attention that many apartments and houses are made with able people.
By Writegrrl | Published 5/18/2007 | Read more »
Community colleges make it possible for may low to middle income students to succeed in competing with wealthier students in today's jobforce. Budget cuts continue to have devastating implications for students and faculty on campuses all over the state.
By bonnie anderson | Published 10/6/2006 | Read more »
While some in town are living in $1 million homes along the Long Island Sound, others struggle to make ends meet living on a weekly basis in one of the many hotels throughout town.
By Corey Sipe | Published 8/6/2006 | Read more »
Wal-Mart treats its employees poorly and subsequently costs taxpayers money.
By Iain | Published 6/5/2006 | Read more »
One of the biggest problems of rapidly developing urban areas is the subsequent growth of urban slums. This paper takes a look at the history of the urban slum problem in Metro Manila and evaluates some of the various steps carried out to address this problem.
By Anne Ng | Published 1/19/2007 | Read more »
America's big towns aren't the only ones that suffer with old, abandoned houses. Saginaw is an example of medium or smaller cities that face similar troubles.
By Michael Thompson | Published 9/21/2007 | Read more »
Experiencing the Section 8 programs of North Carolina and Pennsylvania
By J A Roark | Published 4/22/2008 | Read more »
Eight people are secretly living in an industrial complex. Situations go on like this more often than people think. Why are people living in offices and what do they think about it?
By RK | Published 1/22/2008 | Read more »
Every day, actors come to New York to follow a seemingly impossible dream, only to find themselves with two: a career on stage and screen, and an affordable place to live. There are no shortcuts for either goal.
By Daniel Lehman | Published 5/20/2008 | Read more »
I always recommend their first investment should be a duplex. It is easy to buy, requires less down and reduces your own housing expense considerably.
By Shirley Thagard | Published 4/29/2009 | Read more »
AmeriCorps has thousands of jobs for high school graduates, providing a scholarship, housing stipend and valuable experience.
By Steve Graham | Published 5/18/2009 | Read more »
OH-NO will meet for sign waving at Honolulu Hale from 3 to 5 p.m. June 20. They also would like to meet with prospective buyers on Aug. 24 about the twelve buildings owned by C&C of Honolulu
By ptosis | Published 5/28/2007 | Read more »
This article describes how criminology grew from sociology.
By Heather Zarka | Published 5/8/2007 | Read more »
Rudy Giuliani's reputation as a crime fighter has some crying racist.
By Renee Morway | Published 5/10/2007 | Read more »
Snopes is the place to verify the plethora of email alerts that lands in your inbox. This is the current top 25 circulating myths.
By Wendy Dawn | Published 5/18/2007 | Read more »
This article discusses the many negative effects of stereotyping.
By Julie Moore | Published 5/4/2007 | Read more »
Venezuelian President Hugo Chavez continues to spar with George W. Bush during Bush's visit to Latin America.
By Hally Z. | Published 3/11/2007 | Read more »
It isn't wise to just jump right in and do something without thinking about it first. Your way of life could be ruined by just one simple mistake. Choosing wisely now means a better future for you and your family later.
By Writegrrl | Published 5/17/2007 | Read more »
Estimations of the homeless population in the U.S vary, causes of homelessness are structural and deep-seated, and the solutions to homelessness would require a nationwide concerted effort to make fundamental changes in the structure of society in the United States.
By Whitney Glenn | Published 4/24/2007 | Read more »
"Wet houses" are a humane way to help people with chronic homelessness and alcoholism. Duluth, Minn. opened the New San Marco in the beginning of May. It is controversial, but promises to save the city money will less police and emergency calls.
By Naomi Yaeger | Published 5/29/2007 | Read more »
This paper examines the persistent problem of homelessness in the United States
By Roger Gaddis | Published 8/22/2007 | Read more »
This peice details the effects poverty has on the academic achievement of children.
By Katherine Jones | Published 9/6/2007 | Read more »
New Jersey is so misunderstood and Garden Staters know it. Most people think of factories and the Sopranos when they think of New Jersey, never realizing that New Jersey is actually a diverse, beautiful and fascinating place.
By Richard Carriero | Published 8/2/2007 | Read more »
Some cities are instituted the "wet house" idea. This gives food and shelter to chronic inebriates. It is humane and it saves city and county money.
By Naomi Yaeger | Published 6/11/2007 | Read more »
It is estimated that women represent as much as 50% of the homeless population in the United
By Maisah Robinson, Ph.D. | Published 6/3/2007 | Read more »
This article discusses why freeways were made and how they contributed to ghettoes and segregation, focusing particularly on Los Angeles, California.
By Julie Moore | Published 6/18/2007 | Read more »
How would The Karate Kid turnout in reality?
By Monty Hamilton | Published 3/18/2007 | Read more »
Humorous piece about a collision among rain, an umbrella, and my pretensions to yuppiehood.
By Shmuel Goldsmith | Published 6/12/2007 | Read more »
Homelessness is an ongoing problem for our society. Everyday we come to terms with the effects of it, but what about the causes? By definition, a person who is homeless lives in public.
By John Olley | Published 12/8/2006 | Read more »
Eating breakfast is essential to performing at your best, whether as an adult or child. It is necessary, therefore, to eat a nutrious breakfast, as well as provide one for your children. The good news is, schools already do!
By K. Hall | Published 12/15/2006 | Read more »
I grew up in Buffalo NY for 18 years, left to find life in the big city, then returned to examine the good, the bad and the ugly in Buffalo NY.
By Jennn Fusion | Published 12/23/2006 | Read more »
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