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BETTY ANN BOWSER: Hill is a New Orleans displaced musician who recently got a new house built by volunteers from Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that builds affordable housing. When construction is complete on Musicians Village, there will be 81 private homes built in the city's Upper Ninth ...
... have a lot of jobs and a lot of work to do. WILLIAM HUDNUT: They're not going to come back until you get some affordable housing. Mayor Nagin told me that one of the critical needs is affordable housing immediately for the musicians. The Edge is out there trying ...
CANDACE CARPENTER: Presuming that they get the funding that they anticipate, the split in the affordable housing requires that approximately 60 percent of the people who get affordable housing are making over $65,000 a year. You're talking about far above the median income of Brooklyn. RAY SUAREZ: Councilwoman ...
... be on the forefront to fight for the little guys -- JEFFREY KAYE: You'll be the watchdog. CAROLYN WILLIAMS: -- the watchdogs to make sure that affordable housing stays in the mindset of people. It doesn't make sense for New Orleans to come back and not have a diverse community ...
... His promise to hire 1,600 new cops, find solutions to LA's never-ending battle with traffic and increase the city's stock of affordable housing, all this in a city with a weak mayor system, where the city council holds most of the power. Villaraigosa will be formally ...
... home ownership rates in the country. About 60 percent of city residents rent. But tenants, too, are facing a crisis. There's a shortage of affordable rental housing. ALISON DICKSON: So right now the housing authority is basically just trying to duke it out with the owner. JEFFREY KAYE: Activists ...
... Party. Frank Raines himself was a cabinet official, budget director in the Clinton administration. The party... sorry, the company, because of its long association with affordable housing, has a very Democratic constituency. So they have run afoul of the Republicans who are in charge of the town and the Republicans ...
... s capital. TERENCE SMITH: Subjects in the 20-page November issue range from the effects of the election on poverty issues to the movement for affordable housing to an update on a Street Sense scoop: The closing of a homeless shelter to make way for an art museum. But the ...
... been a focus of this administration, because we want people owning their own home. We're proposing tax credits to encourage the building of more affordable housing, particularly in inner-city America. In other words, we want there to be a greater supply of homes. (Applause) I'm here to ...
JEFFREY KAYE: Counselors also work with Section 8 recipients. SPOKESPERSON: Make sure you go out there in presentable attire, you know, if you're going to meet the owner. JEFFREY KAYE: Another obstacle for would-be renters, with or without Section 8 assistance, is the shortage of affordable housing. In ...
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