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The Housing Crisis: Not Just Subprime Anymore |
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Jul 15, 2008 at 06:27 PM |
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by addiestan, The Media Consortium: Fri., Jul 11, 2008
Filed under: Media Consortium: journalism project
“[T]he misconception is that the [housing] crisis is just a crisis
around people who took loans,” said Gihan Perera, executive director of
the Miami Workers Center.
“On one level, that is clearly…where the bomb directly hit, in that
there are tons of people who are losing their homes through
foreclosures…but the ripple effect of the entire credit crisis is
actually much bigger than that.”
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Jun 27, 2008 at 03:22 PM |
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The historic Right to the City March on the Mayors is over. Last
week grassroots members of community organizations from throughout the
country flooded Miami to launch a national fight for the right to live,
work, build community, and govern their cities. After a summit and a
rainy march residents and city community members from across the U.S.
spent two days discussing strategies to build a national movement. At
the end of Sunday people left our tropical city, ready to return home
and build a mass movement, bringing with them lessons and new
connections to strengthen their work.
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After giving away $85 million in Katrina relief, FEMA gives it back |
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Jun 27, 2008 at 02:24 PM |
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San Francisco Bay Guardian - June 18, 2008
“Millions of dollars in diverted
hurricane relief supplies are finally going to be sent back to Louisiana
for distribution,” United Press International reports.
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CARIBBEAN CROSSROADS: The uninvited mayor |
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Jun 27, 2008 at 11:59 AM |
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South Florida Times - June 27. 2008 - Marleine Bastien
Many, however, seemed oblivious to this whole situation, not only
because they are blasé about Miami politics, but also because their
mayor, the “People’s Mayor,” was not allowed at the table. And who
might that be? I’m referring to Sushma Sheth, dubbed
“The People’s Mayor” ever since Miami Herald columnist Ana Menendez claimed that “she should be.”
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