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	Housing Relief? Council OKs Tax Break The Seattle Times \| July 1, 2008 Topic: Homelessness
	Jean Lafitte Gets Millions for Floodwalls Times-Picayune (New Orleans) \| July 3, 2008 Topic: Planning & Zoning
	Town May Buy Condo Site Newsday (New York) \| July 3, 2008 Topic: Planning & Zoning
	Is Your California Bank Financially Safe? TheStreet.com \| July 2, 2008 Topic: Housing Market Trends & Studies
	More Banks Helping Hurting Homeowners The San Francisco Chronicle (California) \| July 3, 2008 Topic: Homeownership & Mortgage Markets

The Experiences of Public Housing Agencies That Established Time Limits Policies Under the MTW Demonstration
Robert Miller, Martin D. Abravanel, Helene Berlin, Elizabeth Cove, Maria-Alicia Newsome, Carlos A. Manjarrez, Lipi Saikia, Robin E. Smith, Maxine V. Mitchell
Urban Institute
June 24, 2008

Seizing the Moment: State Governments and the New Commitment to Reduce Poverty in America
Jodie Levin-Epstein, Kristen Gorzelany
Annie E. Casey Foundation
2008

The Individual Alternative Minimum Tax: Historical Data and Projections, Updated June 2008
Greg Leiserson, Jeff Rohaly
Urban Institute
June 2008

New Analysis of NYC Foreclosure Data Reveals 15,000 Renter Households Living in Buildings that Entered Foreclosure in 2007
Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy
April 14, 2008

Shelterforce Summer 2008
National Housing Institute
Summer 2008

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Expert Chat: Weatherization, Rehab and Asset Preservation Partnership

Thursday, July 10 at 2 p.m.

WRAP aims to help sustain low income-home ownership by integrating energy, housing and mortgage refinance options. This discussion will detail strategies used, relate stories of families that benefited from the program, and illustrate ways to replicate the program.

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