Inside the White House with Liz Landers
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Question/Comment: Paul, If I hear one more presidential (or candidate) speech about the imperative to rescue those poor subprime home owners, I will scream. Not one economist, not one candidate, no one ever addresses the painfully unregulated and rogue rental landlords that comprise most cities. “Affordable housing” provided by ...
... homebuyers have relied on riskier mortgages, not a big problem as long as the economy stays strong. STEVE HORSFORD: We have growing issues related to housing, affordability of housing. You know, people aren't moving here the way they were because they can't find affordable housing. Those who are ...
... nearly 40 years ago.The former North Carolina senator has made poverty his signature issue, focusing on the expansion of health care coverage, educational opportunity, affordable housing, and the minimum wage.JOHN EDWARDS: It will be a $7.25-an-hour, based on what Congress has done, but it ought ...
... seen a surge of new residents, mostly Latino, many undocumented.The new residents were attracted by jobs in the town's expanding industrial park and affordable housing. Hazleton's Hispanic population exploded and today comprises almost a third of its 30,000 residents.But in recent weeks, many have begun ...
RALLY LEADER: What do we want? GROUP OF PROTESTORS: Affordable housing! RALLY LEADER: What do we want? GROUP OF PROTESTORS: Affordable housing! BETTY ANN BOWSER, NewsHour Correspondent: For weeks now, public housing supporters have been marching through the streets of New Orleans demanding that poor people be allowed to go ...
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 ...
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