Inside the White House with Liz Landers
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... 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 ...
... As the population of America's working poor has increased, so too has the number of Americans without health insurance -- 41 million at last count. Affordable housing is, also, often hard to find. Even if you've got enough to pay the rent, where do you live if you can ...
... also praised his work in economic and social development. Mr. Carter has led efforts to eradicate infectious diseases in the developing world and to build affordable housing here in the states. In 1996, he told the "NewsHour" how his faith has shaped his public life. JIMMY CARTER: One of the ...
... that people want in their neighborhoods, in their houses in 2002. Property values are growing fairly quickly once we take over enough land. This is affordable housing. It was probably on the market for forty-five -- fifty thousand dollars. The houses appreciate in value fairly quickly. Center City is less ...
... Burlington Community Land Trust was created in 1984, during another period of escalating housing prices, when Burlington's leaders chose not to build large public housing projects or subsidize landlords. The Trust focused first on revitalizing and creating affordable homes in an old, rundown neighborhood. BRENDA TROPY: We're taking ...
... Sunday night, a group took over an abandoned apartment building in downtown Seattle. They blame global free trade for what they call a lack of affordable housing. Authorities have shut off water, gas and electricity to the apartment building and have stopped protesters from taking lumber and nails into the ...
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