Low-income housing wins a beachhead in the &#39;burbs
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On a crisp afternoon, Ethel Lawrence Boulevard looks like any other street in the comfortable suburb of Mount Laurel. Kids play football in front of gray Cape Cod apartments
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- In this hurricane-battered state, living near the coast has always been a gamble.
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RIVERVIEW, Fla., Jan. 25 -- Piece by piece, as the economy has faltered and as the subprime mortgage crisis has taken hold, Ivan Toledo's grasp on his job, his house -- his entire middle-class life -- has come undone.
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By CARLOS SANTOS  The local Habitat for Humanity is buying rundown trailer parks threatened by development in order to house the poor in good homes. The Charlottesville affiliate is the first Habitat in the country to try the strategy.
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The Umoja shantytown was intended to shock. Just a few miles (kilometers) from the luxury condos of Miami Beach, it stood as a protest at the lack of affordable city housing.
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By Deirdre Fernandes, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 22--Is Virginia Beach hip enough for loft living?   The developers of Town Center are betting on it.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  May 29--Sacramento County's landmark affordable housing law is under attack, and the real threat isn't the court system, but a new majority on the Board of Supervisors.
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By Michael Newsom, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 13--OCEAN SPRINGS -- Developers have changed their plan for a controversial apartment complex and will build townhouses instead.
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As owner of a beachfront home in Hernando County, Cheryl Labbe has gotten used to rising rates for her homeowners&#39; insurance. During Florida&#39;s four-hurricane barrage, letters
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nearly three times the federal minimum wage - to afford rent and utilities for a two-bedroom apartment, the National Low Income Housing Coalition says.
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NEW YORK  - "The Architect" interweaves the stories of two families, one headed by a community activist and the other a well-heeled architect who designed the low-income housing project that the activist seeks to have torn down.
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Two residents got the keys Thursday to what are believed to be the first homes built in the Lower Ninth Ward since Hurricane Katrina hit 18 months ago, and officials hope the houses &#151; elevated against floodwaters and designed to withstand 160 mph winds &#151; will help spark a revival in the devastated neighborhood.
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By Rachel Cohen  SAN LORENZO -- Owners of small apartment buildings who want to fix up their property can now seek a loan from a county program that in the past has catered only to single-family properties.
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A drop in the pace of home sales was not enough to keep housing from getting even more expensive across Massachusetts last month.
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By CAREN BURMEISTER  A Beaches affordable housing coalition is criticizing a Mayport Road workforce housing project for not targeting income groups like the 800 families who lost their homes when their residences were sold and converted to condos.
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By Gina Macris; Journal Staff Writer  The former industrial complex's eligibility for historic preservation tax credits could pave the way for affordable housing.
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Greater Boston is a magnet for the creative class, but it won't become world-class without more affordable housing -- or immigrants.