Hmmm . . . Section 8 Problem Solved?
At 4:28 today, about a half hour before the two meetings Housing Committee and Economic Development Commission were scheduled to discuss this very issue,...
Will HUD step up?
Could we get more money from HUD to solve our section 8 problem? Too bad they chose July 31st to potentially solve the...
Housing Diversity Committee Meets For First Time!
Report due July 1, 2009. Ooops!Remember this, this is the committee that is going to come up with a plan to accomplish the...
Affordable Housing Trust Fund – How & When Should it Be Spent
The Affordability Subcommittee of the Housing Committee met Thursday to talk about future uses of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. Here's a glimpse of...
Overwhelmed Friday Round Up
There is no way humanly possible to finish all the blogging I have planned for today. So, you might want to check back...
Short Story on Section 8
Ok - so what's the plan to help those who are on section 8 and had their portion of the rent raised in some...
Possible Housing Solutions
After brainstorming the various housing issues in the areas of tenant/landlord, homelessness, discrimination and affordable housing/development the three groups brainstormed possible solutions to the...
A People’s Vision – Affordable Housing and Development Issues
This one, the issue is obvious, so it was also a little hard to brainstorm around.Here are the items that got the most votes:-...
A People’s Vision – Discrimination Issues
This was hard to brainstorm, because people just wanted to list the various types of discrimination and protected classes.These are the items getting the...
A People’s Vision – Homelessness Issues
This was one of the topic areas with the most responses . . . These are the items that got the most responses:- Need...
A People’s Vision – Tenant/Landlord Issues
I still don't have all the notes done, but this is a start!Just a little background to get you started if you weren't there....
Gloomy Friday Round Up!
Here it is, lets find out who got screwed this week! FEE SPEECHWhile we continue to talk about the impact of money in local...