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		<title>Out of Reach: The Housing Wage in Context</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/15/out-of-reach-the-housing-wage-in-context/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from On the Home Front: Yesterday, NLIHC released Out of Reach 2012: America&#8217;s Forgotten Housing Crisis.  This report highlights the gap between wages renters actually earn, and what they would need to earn to afford the rent and utilities for a modest two-bedroom apartment in their state. As a part of our release, we held [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5822&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Latest data shows TX minimum wage earners can&#8217;t afford half the rent on a typical apartment</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/03/13/latest-data-shows-tx-minimum-wage-earners-cant-afford-half-the-rent-on-a-typical-apartment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a national report released today, the Housing Wage for Texas is $15.88. The Housing Wage is the hourly wage a family must earn – working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year – to be able to afford the rent and utilities for a safe and modest home in the private housing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5777&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama proposes $1B for National Housing Trust Fund</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/01/president-obama-proposes-1b-for-national-housing-trust-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2012/02/01/president-obama-proposes-1b-for-national-housing-trust-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House this morning released details of President Obama&#8217;s, &#8220;Plan to Help Responsible Homeowners and Heal the Housing Market.&#8221; Included in the plan is notice that the Administration will request $1 billion in the budget to fund the National Housing Trust Fund. The White House press release says&#8230; &#8230; the Budget will provide $1 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5574&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Housing coalition responds to House committee vote to repeal National Housing Trust Fund</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/08/04/5405/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier I posted the audio of the July 12 House committee hearing on repeal of the National Housing Trust Fund. In the course of the debate before the committee a number of arguments were raised against the National Housing Trust Fund that were strongly disputed by defenders of the trust fund. On Tuesday the National [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5405&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listening to Congress debate housing is a sobering experience</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/16/listening-to-congress-debate-housing-is-a-sobering-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/16/listening-to-congress-debate-housing-is-a-sobering-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Congressman Al Green]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then it is worth listening in on Congressional debate on housing legislation. Not that it is usually profound or a good way to understand the details of what the legislation would actually do, but it is a way to see how members of Congress frame their arguments to appeal to their constituents. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5233&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>US House Subcommittee Votes to Eliminate Housing Trust Fund &#8212; Rooflines</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/14/us-house-subcommittee-votes-to-eliminate-housing-trust-fund-rooflines/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2011/07/14/us-house-subcommittee-votes-to-eliminate-housing-trust-fund-rooflines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A House subcommittee voted to stamp out the National Housing Trust Fund this week, signaling a very difficult road ahead for fund advocates. Of course, the fund, a flagship objective of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, has never actually been capitalized, and this latest development could prolong the three-year effort to support the fund—the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=5205&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The president hears a type of story that we hear every day</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/02/11/the-president-hears-a-type-of-story-that-we-hear-every-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At his town hall meeting on Tuesday in Fort Myers Florida President Obama was confronted by Ms. Hughes, a woman with a type of problem that we are confronted with a daily basis. Homeless, she told him that she needed a place to live with a real kitchen and a bathroom. Ms. Hughes told him [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=1780&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed simulus bill fails to address low income housing adequately</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/02/07/proposed-simulus-bill-fails-to-address-low-income-housing-adequately/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2009/02/07/proposed-simulus-bill-fails-to-address-low-income-housing-adequately/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The version of the stimulus package being considered by the Senate is a disappointment to those who had hoped that the bill would address long postponed affordable housing needs. While the bill would offer a $15,000 tax credit to those who buy a new home, for the millions of families who are too poor to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=1756&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Housing Trust Fund raided to balance state budget</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/01/16/florida-housing-trust-fund-raided-to-balance-state-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2009/01/16/florida-housing-trust-fund-raided-to-balance-state-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Orlando Sentinel reports that the Florida Legislature raided the Florida Housing Trust Fund to cope with the state&#8217;s budget shortage. The Florida HTF is the largest and most successful state housing trust fund in the nation. The article is worth reading. Also worth reading is the profile of House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=1744&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National housing advocates urge changes to economic stimulus bill</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2009/01/15/national-housing-advocates-urge-changes-to-economic-stimulus-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://texashousers.net/2009/01/15/national-housing-advocates-urge-changes-to-economic-stimulus-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Low Income Housing Coalition is urging changes to the draft economic stimulus bill. Support Needed for National Housing Trust Fund, Vouchers, and Emergency Shelter Grants Take Action! Ask Your Representative To Sign &#8220;Dear Colleague Letter&#8221; Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) is circulating a &#8220;Dear Colleague&#8221; letter asking other members of the House to join [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=1741&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Housing Trust Fund bill passed by Congress!</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2008/07/27/national-housing-trust-fund-bill-passed-by-congress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday the Senate concurred in House amendments to HR 3221, “The Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008”.  The bill contains provisions enacting the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF).  President Bush has indicated he will sign the bill into law. The bill establishes a housing trust fund at the federal level with a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=343&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Natinal Low Income Housing Coalition President Sheila Crowley led the fight over the years for passage of a National Housing Trust Fund.</media:title>
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		<title>Just how crazy can the WSJ editorial page be? Check out the attack on the housing trust fund.</title>
		<link>http://texashousers.net/2008/07/15/just-how-crazy-can-the-wsj-editorial-page-be-check-out-the-attack-on-the-housing-trust-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Henneberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 8 the Wall Street Journal editorial page let loose on the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund in an editorial that raises the bar for disingenuous rants. The editorial blasted the trust fund claiming, &#8220;while it sounds innocuous, in practice it amounts to a new tax to create a permanent subsidy for state governments [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=texashousers.net&#038;blog=3400119&#038;post=138&#038;subd=txlihis&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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