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Glendale officials warn of Section 8 housing scam
In the highly competitive world of Section 8 housing assistance, Glendale officials say there have been reports of people promising people a highly coveted voucher in exchange for money. The suspects, city officials say, have gone so far as opening phony...Tags: Google Inc., Public Housing, Politics, Public Officials, Chicago Housing Authority
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Wal-Mart's wages drive employees onto public benefits, report says
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new report from the staff of congressional Democrats. The report analyzes data from Wisconsin's...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Collective Contract, Health Insurance, Wage Contract Issues, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Report: Wal-Mart's low pay drives employees onto public benefits
This post has been updated. See note below for details.Wal-Mart wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new report from the staff of Congressional Democrats. The report analyzes data from Wisconsin’s Medicaid...Tags: Collective Contract, Health Insurance, Wage Contract Issues, Groceries, Services and Shopping
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Fix Section 8 and landlords will step up
Recent letters to the editor have focused on the reality that people deserving of Section 8 assistance need more landlords to open up their homes and apartments to Section 8 so that the housing poor will more quickly and easily obtain the housing that...
Tags: Public Housing, Internal Revenue Service, Chicago Housing Authority, Human Mishaps
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Section 8 is no burden to landlords
I recently read the letter James Gatton wrote to The Sun in response to Stefanie Deluca's letter to the editor. Mr . Gatton's letter ("Section 8 housing is a nightmare for landlords," May 12) could be no further from the truth. First, it does not take...
Tags: Public Housing, Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning, Politics, The Home Depot
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Veterans, advocates brace for cutbacks
The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training's Baltimore complex is full of neatly made beds and shining-clean floors, a military-like environment for homeless former service members working to get their lives back on track. Its executive...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Rentals, Social Security, U.S. Congress, Shaun Donovan
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Obama should remember his veto pen mightier than sword
President Obama had the opportunity this week to make an irresponsible Congress face the consequences of its own dumb actions. For reasons I cannot fathom, he took a pass. Rather than use the veto pen that must be gathering dust in some Oval Office...Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Elections, Finance, Federal Aviation Administration, Parties and Movements
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State shouldn't let landlords discriminate
As we recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act, it is significant to note that the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan regions are among the most segregated in America. Last month, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil...Tags: Justice and Rights, Public Housing, Maryland General Assembly, Rentals, Chicago Housing Authority
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Section 8 housing is a nightmare for landlords
In a recent letter to the editor, Johns Hopkins professor Stefanie DeLuca recently suggested that many landlords refuse to rent to people with Section 8 housing vouchers because they are unfairly prejudiced against those prospective tenants ("Mossburg...Tags: Public Housing, Chicago Housing Authority
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Editorials: History underground, Section 8 limits
This hallowed ground The Harbor Square apartments are history. The 368-unit complex, much of which was dedicated to Section 8 subsidized housing, was razed last year by the city of Hampton to make room for a new courthouse, as well as some street...Tags: Public Housing, Politics, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Hampton Roads, Barack Obama
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Obama goes wobbly
WASHINGTON -- President Obama had the opportunity this week to make an irresponsible Congress face the consequences of its own dumb actions. For reasons I cannot fathom, he took a pass. Rather than use the veto pen that must be gathering dust in some...
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Elections, Finance, Federal Aviation Administration, Parties and Movements
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Immigration deformed
There's the story of a woman with five kids who was asked: If she had to do it all over again, would she have five children? "Yes," she said, "just not these five." That's the way I feel about the immigration "reform" bill introduced by the Senate's...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jeff Sessions, Terrorism, Politics, Personal Data Collection
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Jun 3, 2013
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May 29, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 5, 2013
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May 5, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 23, 2013
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
May 6, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 4, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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