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S. Florida's housing woes make us one of the most distressed metro areas
Housing continues to drag down the local economy, pushing South Florida to becoming the fourth-most financially distressed metro area in the country in the first three months of this year, up from No. 5 in the previous quarter, according to a study...Tags: Politics, Finance, Unemployment Rate, Tampa, Employment
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Zoning board OKs auction house in south Allentown
The Allentown Zoning Hearing Board gave the green light Monday to developer Abe Atiyeh's plan to run an auction house on the South Side, but several conditions will restrict the business. Similar to the TV show "Storage Wars," Atiyeh's plan calls for...Tags: Politics, Rentals, Interior Policy, Auction Service, Allentown
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Glendale nonprofit grants chopped back
A business leadership summer camp for girls came under fire this week as the City Council, acting in its dual role as the Housing Authority, decided how to divvy up shrinking federal funds for public social services. Councilman Ara Najarian said he...Tags: Politics, The Salvation Army, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Google Inc.
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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: Politics, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Johns Hopkins University, Discrimination, Family
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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: Politics, Social Issues, Condos and Houses, Rentals, 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: Politics, Social Issues, Chicago Housing Authority, Interior Policy, Chicago Transit Authority
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Suspicions fire racial tensions
Gina Blandin has a theory about what caused the flooding disaster that befell New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck last August, an idea that has little to do with engineering studies or physical evidence and everything to do with the poisonous...Tags: Politics, Brookings Institution, Science and Technology, Hurricane Katrina (2005), The Wall Street Journal
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Area farmers markets are back!
Special to Tribune NewspapersAn array of vegetables, herbs, flowers and much more is hitting farm stands as the 2013 farmers market season gets underway. Although most markets will open later in May or in early June, several have already started. The market in Collum opens Wednesday,...Tags: Politics, Willis Tower, Humboldt Park, Chicago Transit Authority, Portage Park
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In memory of Jerry Matelski: Fund created for memorial highway effort
BOYNE CITY -- An effort to designate Boyne City-Charlevoix Road as the Jerry Matelski Memorial Highway is under way. Matelski, a Boyne City resident who passed away in 2010 at age 57 of esophageal cancer, was instrumental in obtaining extensive...
Tags: Politics, Esophageal cancer, Interior Policy, Highway Transportation, Human Interest
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Condominium Leasing Restrictions
Blog Sponsored by Taylor & Carls, P.A. The recent housing crisis has converted many condominium unit owners into landlords, biding their time by renting out their units that they might, in a better market, prefer to sell. This phenomenon has resulted...Tags: St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Politics, Tampa, Condos and Houses, Orlando
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Agency releases housing report for Northwest Suburbs
After the recession scuttled development projects across the northwest suburbs in 2008, regional planners rolled up their sleeves and decided to make the best of the economic downturn. "When the economy is strong, towns are approving development...
Tags: Politics, House Building, Rentals, Interior Policy
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New farmers market gets Petoskey zoning board's go-ahead
PETOSKEY -- A proposed farmers market along Emmet Street received approval Tuesday from Petoskey's zoning board of appeals as a temporary use for the site. "This property's already zoned for retail," said board chairman John Fought. "Certainly a...
Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Interior Policy, Farms
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