Mississippi housing advocates file suit against HUD over diversion of Katrina recovery funds

06/07/11 The Mississippi State Conference NAACP, Gulf Coast Fair Housing Center and several individual residents filed a lawsuit on December 10 in federal court in Washington, D.C. against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) challenging its approval of a plan submitted by Mississippi to divert $600 million of federal hurricane recovery funds from housing programs designed to ...

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IGLBOR awards Spencer essay contest winners

06/18/11 The Iowa Great Lakes Board of Realtors sponsored an essay contest to celebrate "April is Fair Housing Month." Students in grades 5-8 grade from Spencer, Spirit Lake, Okoboji, and Estherville were...

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Getting to the bottom of the affordable-housing problem

06/24/11 Affordable housing has been one of Andrew Spano's top priorities as Westchester County executive. So when officials found that the county was being sued for violating the Fair Housing Act and accused of accepting $45 million in federal housing funds without actively promoting fair housing, they were stunned.

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