Inside the White House with Liz Landers
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... citizens who had not been a part of the governance before and had not felt like the government is for them. So, whether it was affordable housing, restoring neighborhoods, your public places, getting the police in the neighborhoods as friends. Our police operate summer camp with kids. The kids hug ...
... said the bill "drastically short-changes job-creating investments critical to hardworking American families, like roads, bridges, and rail systems and access to safe and affordable housing." But Chairman Harold Rogers of Kentucky said majority Republicans are hamstrung by automatic spending cuts known as sequestration that are forcing a freeze ...
... DEREK THOMPSON: And they did a really good job of making sure that ghettos weren't congealing, because they were not concentrating all of the affordable housing in a couple areas. MYRON ORFIELD: Well, there was a shared prosperity in the Twin Cities for every racial group probably up and ...
... a mental illness. Maier says that nearly 1,000 people move into the District each month, driving up rent and forcing some to the streets. Affordable housing is key to the city’s mission to end chronic homelessness. But the roadblock here, much like inside the halls of the Capitol ...
... 7 -- Jobs/Economy/auto industry. Ford plant in Wayne, Mich., near Detroit: Obama touted his economic record and success of the auto bailout. Jan. 8 -- Affordable Housing. Central High School in Phoenix, Ariz. Action: Obama directed the Federal Housing Administration to lower its mortgage insurance premium from 1.35% to ...
... in homeless shelters. "While the economy may be coming back some, people are still having a hard time making enough money to afford and find affordable housing," said Bruce Lesley, president of the nonprofit First Focus Campaign for Children. The statistics likely underestimate the true number of homeless kids. They ...
... the Law Center believes such laws are ineffective. Citing research comparing the cost of homelessness (including law enforcement and medical expenses) with the cost of affordable housing, the report suggests that laws targeting the behaviors of homeless people ultimately cost cities more than providing shelter. It also states that “criminal ...
... Dade County raises money for the homeless through its Homeless and Domestic Violence Tax. The group also urged the federal government to provide the National Housing Trust Fund with $3.5 billion dollars each year to increase affordable housing and prevent people from living on the streets. "The federal government ...
... and humans care about relative status and that means that no matter how much progress we make in providing for all, we will undoubtedly see even more vicious conflicts about positional inequality in the years ahead, even if they are couched in such terms as “good schools” or “affordable housing.”
The Justice Department announced a $7 billion settlement with Citigroup over “egregious misconduct” related to mortgage securities in the lead-up to the financial crisis. Judy Woodruff gets details from Tony West, associate attorney general at the Department of Justice and the lead negotiator.
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