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Oakland Housing Authority's Section 8 Wait List Opens: An Overview of the Program

At 8 a.m. today, the Oakland (California) Housing Authority began accepting applications for Section 8 assistance. People who want to request help through the rent-subsidy program need to act quickly: The list closes at 5 p.m. Saturday. Earlier in the month, Oakland Housing Authority director Eric Johnson told a local...

Opinion: The Next Housing Crisis

(Feb. 11) -- Reports still show that, more than two years into the housing led recession, the nation's foreclosure crisis is far from over. The Atlanta Journal Constitution, for example, reported this week that the "number of published foreclosure notices in the 13-county metro area rose in February and will likely rise...

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05/31/12 City of Nelson adds more bricks to affordable housing... Source: Oak Bay NEWS - Victoria - BC - Canada Nelson city council is taking steps to deal with the city's ongoing problems around affordable housing.
05/31/12 OFB Housing Grant Source: ABC/NBC - NewsChannel 34 WIVT/WBGH - Binghamton NY Opportunities for Broome will be renovating a large apartment building thanks to a $3.5 million grant.
05/31/12 Low-income condos capping Calgary's older communities Source: Calgary Sun - Calgary - AB - Canada Ald. Gael MacLeod gets ready to cut the ribbon for the Vida, a $12 million, newly opened affordable housing complex in Calgary's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood, as Rick Farrell, GM of Calgary Housing Company, left, and Ald. Druh Farrell and Mike Leathwood, assistant deputy minister of Alberta Municipal Affairs, hold the ribbon on each end Thursday, May 31, 2012.
05/17/12 Do We Still Believe in Decent Housing? Source: The Huffington Post The other day I was talking to the head of a successful housing association.
05/08/12 Paul Boden: The Power of WE Source: The Huffington Post The days of "Please sir, may I have some more?" are over.

Background on affordable housing

Affordable housing is a term used to describe dwelling units whose total housing costs for either rented or purchased unit, are deemed to those that have a median household income.

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