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"Indianapolis Homeless: They don't fit common stereotypes....while mental illness or substance abuse was found in more than one-

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Posted on July 18, 2008 - 6:35am at Stone Soup Station
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18 percent is a substantial reduction.

"Through private and public funding, the program has been able to place 245 individuals in apartments throughout Tulsa"

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Posted on July 5, 2008 - 12:23pm at Stone Soup Station
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Nice to see Tulsans trying to assist their less fortunate, even if it's only enough for 76 additional units. Of course, thats 76 more than Nashville was able to muster last year as part of their 2005 (was it 05 or 04?

Not Running For Guv: Purcell Keeps It Cambridge

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Posted on June 24, 2008 - 1:14pm at Post Politics
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From Ken Whitehouse:

"...officials say there is no immediate solution to the housing shortage in town."

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Posted on June 24, 2008 - 6:45am at Stone Soup Station
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Same old excuses, different town....

(Bismarck, ND)
Williston seeing more homeless

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Jun 24, 2008 - 04:06:45 CDT

Taxing The Peace Dividend

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Posted on May 8, 2008 - 8:31am at Post Politics
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Mike Byrd runs the costs of war for Nashville, Tennessee:

National Priorities Project Calculates Local Costs

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Posted on May 8, 2008 - 7:41am at Newscoma
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Mike has this:

The Local Costs of the Iraq War

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Posted on May 8, 2008 - 7:09am at Enclave
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According to the National Priorities Project, the Iraq War has cost the State of Tennessee over $8 billion ($1 billion = $1000 million). President Bush's new funding request for 08-09 will cost the Volunteer State over $2 billion, which according to NPP would buy Tennessee 21,714 afforable housing units, 41,906 elementary school teachers, or health care coverage for 435,808 adults.

"The Sister of Mercy believes that everyone needs 'a safe, decent and affordable place to live.'"

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Posted on May 4, 2008 - 8:26am at Stone Soup Station
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Many who are homeless work but don't earn enough to pay rent.

This is true in damned near every city across the nation right now and the answer is remarkably simple, really - subsidize rents for those earning less than x amount of money per year, with that amount to be determined based on market rate rents in individual areas....<

"Go outside and see if it's ghettoized now.....What we're trying to do is correct it and cure that problem."

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Posted on April 30, 2008 - 7:18am at Stone Soup Station
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The comments came yesterday after Mandel unveiled a grand vision to redevelop a section of downtown not far from where tent city was last year.

Edmonton begins gearing up for the coming gentrification ....

(Edmonton, Canada)

"...plans for construction of 200 affordable-housing units a year through 2015 have been whittled down each year..."

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Posted on April 16, 2008 - 6:49am at Stone Soup Station
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I'm always proud as hell when I see folks I know from the street doing something to smash the stereotypical image of the those who are homeless. My friend Patty, the author of the piece here, would blow you away with her erudite manner, her style, grace and composure.

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