Public housing needs to understand its past to grasp its future

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At NAHRO's conference in Seattle, Cushing Dolbeare, founder of the National low-income housing coalition complimented the local housing authorities for being the exclusive providers of housing to the extremely poor. Various issues of LHAs, like seeking support from the Congress and NAHRO are featured.

author: Fuerst, Jim, Hunt, Bradford D.
Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Management dynamics, Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Development, Housing & Community Development, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, Housing development, Company business management, Dolbeare, Cushing

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Getting section 8 programs leased up

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Information regarding the recent management strategies of Section 8 and public housing services is given. Agencies have increased their payment standards from 97 to 110 percent, streamlined the lease up processes for owners and tenants, and instigated an aggressive outreach program to owners.

SOCIAL SERVICES, Social Assistance, Social Services & Nonprofit Institutns, Social services industry

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Welfare reform: should housing have a role?

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Three professionals in public housing policy and welfare reform discuss its interrelatedness. In addition they address the need for changes by housing authorities to better correlate with changes brought about by welfare reform.

author: Newman, Sandra J., Basgal, Ophelia, Nightingale, Demetra Smith
Housing, Influence, Welfare recipients, Welfare reform

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subjects list: United States, Management, Public housing
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