CHANNEL: Housing

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Ciclón Bangladesh pulsado Sidr y matado 3.500 personas de noviembre el 15 de 2007. Ocho días más adelante, el oficial Liz Lucas de la prensa de Oxfam América habló a las noticias étnicas de Nueva Inglaterra sobre los impactos del desastre en unos 5.5 millones de personas de. Ella agregó que el calentarse global y el aumento en desastres naturales por todo el mundo no son coincidencias meras, según un nuevo informe de Oxfam América que la organización internacional de la relevación y del desarrollo lanzará de noviembre el 26. Lo que sigue es una transcripción corregida y condensada entrevista del teléfono de NEWz ' con Lucas de noviembre el 23.

Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh and killed 3,500 people on Nov. 15, 2007. Eight days later, Oxfam America press officer Liz Lucas spoke to New England Ethnic News about the disaster's impacts on some 5.5 million people. She added that global warming and the increase in natural disasters worldwide aren't mere coincidences, according to a new report of Oxfam America that the international relief and development organization will release on Nov. 26. Following is an edited and condensed transcript of NEWz' phone interview with Lucas on Nov. 23.

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A new report from Boston-based United for a Fair Economy finds racial bias nationwide in predatory subprime lending.

The resulting foreclosure crisis will cost people of color between $164 billion and $213 billion in lost home wealth over eight years, says Amaad Rivera, lead author of the report.

Connecticut's Indian population has nearly doubled in the past six years. The state's real estate market is getting an economic boost from this increase, as Indians search for homes in good school districts, reports INDIA New England.

Dorchester's Hendry Street has had much attention for its unsightly boarded-up foreclosed homes. However, hundreds of foreclosed homes exist elsewhere in Dorchester, most not boarded up, says the Reporter.

Plans to build housing for a Hindu temple's priests may be halted. Some governing members of the Middletown, Conn., temple want a community hall instead, reports INDIA New England.

A fire in Framingham, Mass., destroyed an apartment complex today that is home to many Brazilian and other immigrants.

Community nonprofit Viet-AID has sold a property that it had hoped, but could no longer afford, to turn into housing and a center for seniors and the disabled, says the Dorchester Reporter.