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Area housing market bouncing back
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
However, housing trends are still leaning toward the conservative side, with buyers looking to live below their means and eying smaller homes with efficient floor plans that are in line with today's lifestyles. "This has been the busiest January in the ...

Christian Science Monitor
Obama speech spawns housing arguments
The Durango Herald
The Republicans who want his job say the government should get out of the way of the housing market. But as the housing crisis takes center stage in the campaign, a growing number of experts say neither approach is potent enough to cure falling prices, ...
Obama administration bolsters homeowner lifelineReuters
White House boosts key homeowner assistance programThe Hill (blog)
White House tries to improve Home Affordable Modification Program againAGBeat
Palm Beach Post
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As Floridians prepare to vote in GOP primary, economy and housing top list
The Detroit News
The retired police officer and his wife bought a Fort Myers home in 2006 at the height of the housing boom, found work and were making their mortgage payments. Then, the housing bubble burst, Dougherty was laid off from his civilian police job and they ...

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Dual jobs the focus in housing agency reform
Eagle Tribune
By Brian Messenger bmessenger@eagletribune.com METHUEN — State officials are zeroing in on Ken Martin's $183000 salary and lucrative contracts in Methuen and Ayer as the push to reform local housing agencies gains momentum. Martin, 59, of Dracut, ...

Five banished from Housing Authority
Covington News
By Amber Pittman apittman@covnews.com 678-750-5000 Five men were banished from the Covington Housing Authority after one ran from the police and the others were caught allegedly packaging drugs in a home. On Thursday afternoon, officers from the ...

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Housing officials say Section 8 program suffers from unfair 'stigma' locally
The Tribune-Democrat
Two contradictory labels apply to “Section 8” housing in Johnstown: It is highly popular, and it is highly controversial. The demand for subsidized housing is evidenced by a waiting list that exceeds the total number of vouchers available in Cambria ...

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Advocate.com
Feds Take Action Against LGBT Housing Discrimination
Advocate.com
By Neal Broverman Speaking Saturday at the Creating Change conference in Baltimore, US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan promised new rules against LGBT discrimination in housing and lending. The rule prohibits owners and ...
HUD's Donovan Announces Final Housing Nondiscrimination Rule at Creating ...Metro Weekly
Donovan: HUD to make final LGBT housing rule 'next week'Washington Blade
HUD Sec Donovan Announces Housing Protections For Trans PeopleLez Get Real
MiamiHerald.com (blog) -The Onion (satire) -LGBT Weekly
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Housing Remains a Buyer's Market
Wall Street Journal
That's because sellers sense that even if the housing market and the economy continue to show signs of improvement in 2012, the good news likely won't be good enough for buyers to return to the market in droves—even if they can buy a home for a steal.

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Housing market offers bang for the buck
Post-Tribune
Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media For potential homebuyers like Wanda Wyatt, the housing market provides a variety of options at a good value. Wanda and her husband, Charles, moved into a Schererville duplex on Dec. 1 after touring 22 houses.

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