District officials vowed Thursday to do a better job housing homeless families this winter, promising that they would not allow a repeat of the disastrous overcrowding and poor conditions at the city's Family Emergency Shelter at the former D.C. General Hospital.
Ally Financial, the country's fourth-biggest mortgage lender, halted home evictions in 23 states this week after revelations about forgeries and "robo-signers" call the legality of tens of thousands of foreclosures into question.
One of the largest real estate companies in St. Louis -mainly known for lease-to-own deals targeting low-income buyers-is facing lawsuits from at least five banks. With claims topping $7.5 million, tenants are beginning to receive foreclosure notices and are facing the possibility of losing not only their homes, but months or years of payments they made toward the dream of homeownership.
Despite significant NIMBY resistance, the New Orleans City Council last week voted in favor of a plan to convert an abandoned nursing home into 40 units of affordable housing for homeless and low-income residents.
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