Syndicate content

Housing

Vietnamese Nonprofit Again Seeks Support for Affordable Housing

Viet-AID needs the support of neighborhood civic groups to move forward with its proposed 29-unit affordable-housing project. (image: VietAID.org)

The following article is from DotNews.com.

Economic Crisis Hits Heart of Immigrants' Dreams

Source: 
EthnicNEWz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira

When former homeowner Sidney Pires looks at the current economic crisis, he feels si

Ex-convicts Face Uphill Battle with Jobs, Assimilation

Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Daniela Caride
Pamela Henderson's bible is filled with the notes she wrote while in prison. (photos: Daniela Caride, BayStateBanner.com)


The following excerpt is from BayStateBanner.com.

Clarence Buggs speaks about his new life after prison, with a job in the upholstery industry. (photo: Daniela Caride, BayStateBanner.com)

Housing Advocates Fight Foreclosures in Communities of Color

Source: 
BayStateBanner.com
Writer: 
Talia Whyte

The following article is from BayStateBanner.com.

FBI to Join Mass. Task Force on Mortgage Fraud

Source: 
DotNews.com
Writer: 
Pete Stidman
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will participate in a mortgage-fraud working group in Massachusetts.  (image: FBI.gov)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will participate in a mortgage-fraud working group in Massachusetts. (image: FBI.gov)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) estimates that between $4 and $6 billion in losses can be attributed to mortgage fraud nationwide in fiscal year 2007.

Worcester, Mass., Gets $979,000 Aid for Housing

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
M. Thang
The city of Worcester, Mass., has received $979,000 in housing aid from the state. (Image from worcestermass.org)
Story Location
Worcester, MA
United States
See map: Google Maps

This article was posted on EthnicNewz.org on April 17, 2008.

Vietnamese Nonprofit Loses on Hoped-for Housing, Job-training and Senior Center

Source: 
dotnews.com
Writer: 
Pete Stidman
Hiep Chu, executive director of Vietnamese community nonprofit Viet-AID (photo: VietAID.org)

The destiny of the former St. Williams Church on Dorchester Avenue (in the Dorchester area of Boston) may be a simple change of faith.

Fire Destroys Apartment Complex, Home of Many Immigrants

Source: 
EthnicNewz.org
Writer: 
Eduardo A. de Oliveira
A women is transported from a fire in Framingham, Mass., that destroyed at least 72 apartment units on April 11, 2008. (NEWz courtesy photos: Glayson Brito, gsbusa33@mac.com)
More than 100 firefighters from three towns responded to the scene of a fire that broke out in an apartment complex in Framingham, Mass., on April 11, 2008. (NEWz courtesy photo: Glayson Brito, gsbusa33@mac.com)

Housing Plans for Hindu Temple's Priests May Be Jeopardized

Source: 
INDIAnewEngland.com
Writer: 
Adam Smith
Some governing members of the Sri Satyanarayana temple in Middletown, Conn., oppose plans to build housing for priests; they favor a new community hall instead. (Photo courtesy of Abha Kataria for INDIAnewEngland.com)
Story Location
Middletown, CT
United States
See map: Google Maps

MIDDLETOWN, Conn.

Foreclosures Hit Far Beyond Dorchester's Hendry Street

Source: 
DotNews.com
Writer: 
Pete Stidman
Boston Mayor Tom Menino led city officials to Dorchester's Hendry Street, which has been hit hard by foreclosures and property abandonment. (Photo: PETE STIDMAN for dotnews.com)

POST YOUR PERSONAL COMMENTS BELOW.

Distribuir contenido