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  1. Recovery Act Reporting Milestone: http://wp.me/pegwD-FN
  2. An Austin designer's interesting approach to post-disaster shelter: http://wp.me/pegwD-FD
  3. Are Some Inclusionary Zoning Ordinances Promoting Racial Segregation?: http://wp.me/pegwD-Fv
  4. 3 important policy questions for expanded $327m Texas Weatherization Assistance Program: http://wp.me/pegwD-EZ
  5. "To feel useful in this old world": http://wp.me/pegwD-Ff
  6. The real poverty rate in US is much higher: http://wp.me/pegwD-Fa
  7. Bo McCarver's weekly housing news compilation - 10/20/2009 http://wp.me/pegwD-EX
  8. DMN reports the federal district court jury found all defendants in Dallas Low Income Housing Tax Credit trial guilty. http://bit.ly/3WSyEy
  9. TDHCA's "self evaluation report" has been posted to the TX Sunset Commission site in a concise 3,834 page document. http://bit.ly/NiVhf
  10. Congressional legislation to defund ACORN so broad it could defund many other organizations. http://bit.ly/YUNDu
  11. Dallas Morning News report Jason Trahan did a great job covering the trial on his blog. This is why newspapers are essential in a democracy.
  12. The Dallas housing tax credit corruption trail has gone to the jury after closing arguments in this complicated case. http://bit.ly/YuPh4
  13. To protect lenders, a government funded state task force is censuring advice given Texas homeowners facing foreclosure. http://bit.ly/17ObBy
  14. Today's NYT Ike story contrasts with no attention on Dolly which has fallen off the radar screen despite impacting Texas' poorest citizens.
  15. Kevin, an economic analyst, is now working with TxLIHIS to analyze and improve the housing tax credit program in Texas. http://bit.ly/iPnro
  16. Finally, the national media reminds the nation that Galveston is still hurting one year after Hurricane Ike, http://bit.ly/15EEsZ
  17. in 2008 23% of TX children live in poverty, 54.3% in female headed HHs with children live below 125% of poverty. http://bit.ly/3WQ6hg
  18. Gov Perry's new plan allocates $596,516 per damaged home in inland counties and $31,091 to rebuild in Galveston. http://bit.ly/19irzH
  19. No recovery for people of color... Poverty rates: 11% - Whites, 12% - Asians, 23% - Latinos, 25% - African Americans! http://bit.ly/1ph9gr
  20. 2009 Census data analysis by Center for Social Inclusion says 1 in 10 white men, 1 in 6 Latino men and 1 in 4 Black men are now unemployed!