Eileen Markey, Author at City Limits

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The city budget fight is headed to a new venue: U.S. District Court. On Tuesday veteran AIDS activists at HousingWorks filed a motion for a restraining order to halt Mayor…

ByEileen Markey 4 minRead time

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Jun 2010

News Uncategorized

Housing Costs Devour More Family Budgets

Despite neighborhoods littered with vacant homes and sale prices that dropped dramatically in the past three years, more Americans are spending more of their money on housing expenses than ever…

ByEileen Markey 3 minRead time

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Jun 2010

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Tenants & Pols Protest Handling of Housing Vouchers

It's been six months since the New York City Housing Authority went back on a promise to help 2,600 low-income New Yorkers pay the rent. In that time 27 families…

ByEileen Markey 4 minRead time

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Jun 2010

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

HUD Proposes Landmark Changes to Public Housing

In a move signaling the biggest changes since the advent of public housing 70 years ago, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development told Congress last week that it…

ByEileen Markey 6 minRead time

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May 2010

News Uncategorized

Report: Fraud Common Among Top Debt Buyers

In addition to shoddy mortgages, deed theft and usurious payday loans, there's another predator sucking money out of low income neighborhoods of color: debt buyers. According to a study released…

ByEileen Markey 4 minRead time

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May 2010

Uncategorized

Poll: New Yorkers Fear Becoming Homeless

A study released today by the Institute for Children and Poverty, a research and advocacy organization, finds homelessness is a major factor in the lives of New Yorkers. A third…

ByEileen Markey 2 minRead time

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May 2010

Housing and Homelessness