Housing Wire: HUD budget cuts for 2012 total $3.8 billion

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Class Divide Growing Along Neighborhood Lines

A new study conducted by researchers associated with Stanford University and the US2010 Initiative finds fewer Americans living in middle income neighborhoods and more rigid segregation by income and class. Segregation by class is particularly prominent among racial minorities. Overall, the proportion of families living in middle income neighborhoods declined, from 65% in 1970 to just 44% by 2007. Segregation by family income rose since 2000 in 89% of metropolitan areas evaluated in the research study.

Business Insider: First-Time Homeownership Still Just A Pipe Dream For Millenials

Urban League helps homeowners

WPEC CBS 12 News
 
Foreclosure is still a huge problem in Palm Beach County, but the Urban League has stepped in to help with a program that is helping lives. Juan Carlos Fanjul reports if you are struggling to pay your mortgage, you may want to give them a call.

Contact: Kerri Forrest, Marketing Dir.
Phone:  (843) 965-4037
Email: Kerri.Forrest@CTUL.org
Website: www.CTUL.org
 

CHARLESTON TRIDENT URBAN LEAGUE RELEASES REPORT ON THE RATE OF MORTGAGE LENDING IN THE CHARLESTON AREA

USA Today: Challenge your foreclosure now

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CBS News: Foreclosure victims get new help from feds

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MySanAntionio.com: Once homeless, now a homeowner

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Forbes: How New Deal Mortgage Policy Undermined Our Cities

Washington Post: Obama’s efforts to aid homeowners, boost housing market fall far short of goals