Housing
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$5 Million Committed to Preserve Affordable Housing Units in D.C.’s Ward 7
The D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development has closed a loan with The NHP Foundation, a national nonprofit affordable…
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Fair Housing’s Unfinished Business
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In early September, public policy experts, housing advocates, civil rights leaders, academicians and others…
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Holding the Loretta Lynch Nomination Hostage
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist It is ironic that April is Fair Housing Month and the U.S. Senate has…
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Will the Supreme Court Evict Fair Housing Law?
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Although a series of civil rights laws were enacted in the 1960s, in the…
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To Be Equal: Lowering the Mortgage Down Payment Requirement
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Every American lives in safe, decent, affordable and energy efficient housing on fair…
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Senate Bill Might Evict Affordable Housing Goals
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In an unconventional move, legislation designed to reshape the nation’s $10 trillion housing finance…
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Fighting Poverty on Two Fronts
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared a war on poverty. Appalled by…
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‘Never’ Say We Haven’t Made Progress
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Selma, Ala., the county seat of Dallas County, was a bastion of White…
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Mel Watt is Ideal Choice to Lead FHFA
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist President Obama recently nominated Melvin (Mel) Watt, a long-time North Carolina Congressman, to direct…
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Advocates Push to Preserve Foreclosure Program
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A broad coalition of state and national organizations is pushing to preserve a key…
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