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| Local Food Pantries Experience Increased Demand As Donations Get Smaller After the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, many local food pantries have to prepare for what is typically called the dry spell. This when donations dry up. Many food bank organizations were overflowing with food donations during the holidays but now they face shortages |
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| Long Waiting List For Public Housing In Washington D.C. Poor families, in Washington D.C., who have applied for housing assistance vouchers will actually have to wait for years and for some, decades. Now, the Housing Authority (DCHA) is thinking about closing the waiting list for vouchers and the timing couldn't be worse. Last year over 11,000 families applied and almost half of them were homeless |
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| Long Waiting List For Vero Beach Homeless Family Center The family homeless shelter plans to open a new facility that will have 40 units. The cost to build the center will be approximately seven to ten million dollars |
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| Louisiana Receives Federal Aid For Low-Income Housing Louisiana received over $8 million for disabled low-income rental assistance. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the funding today. The Louisiana Housing Corporation gets the funds for 200 units |
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| Louisville Affordable Housing Trusts Receives $450,000 The fund in Kentucky is to be used to get low income housing back on the market and to keep people in their homes. For every one million dollars invested it will create 84 housing units |
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| Low Income Housing Locations Still Not Ideal New study by Washington-based Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) found that the federal housing assistance program does not place enough affordable housing near high quality schools |
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| Low-Income Housing Accross The Nation Faces Budget Cuts The Department of Housing and Urban Development's budget will most likely be cut over the next ten years. This cut will affect even more families who are struggling to find housing they can afford |
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| Low-Income Housing Waiting Opens In Seattle After nearly five years, the low-income housing waiting list has opened for the areas neediest residents. The Seattle Housing Authority is going to use the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher with a lottery system |
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| Maine Hopes To Reopen Rockport's Mid-Coast Hospitality House The shelter closed two weeks ago and reasons for the closure are unclear at this time. The Maine State Housing Authority will try to get the shelter reopened soon because it is the only one in Knox County |
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| Maine Needs More Low-Income Housing There are nearly 40,000 families that make less than $18,500 a year and who qualify for low-income housing. Yet, there are only about 20,000 low-income housing units in the state |
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