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Assistant House Majority Leader Andre Cushing, R-Hampden, has been selected to serve as chairman of a new Blue Ribbon Commission on Affordable Housing.
The 17-member panel will study Maine's housing situation and "develop a plan to maximize investments to meet a number of severe problems in the state," according to the House Republican Office.
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There are more than 3,300 public housing authorities throughout the United States providing affordable housing to eligible low-income families, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities. This housing is principally provided through the administration of federally funded housing programs. The funding for these programs is inadequate to meet the growing need for affordable housing, requiring public housing authorities to find innovative ways to do more with less. A few public-sector organizations have turned to private-sector quality management practices in response to similar challenges. Lean thinking and Six Sigma are two popular quality initiatives found in the private sector. This paper explores whether lean thinking and Six Sigma can be successfully applied to public housing aut...
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The IRS recently released its 2011 calendar-year resident population estimates. These estimates are used to determine the size of the tax credit pie t...
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This study explores price dynamics and price relationships in the US housing market with a focus on four regions: Northeast, Midwest, South, and West. It applies a multivariate state-space model to identify the common trends and common cycles in US regional markets. The study finds that the principal source of secular price variability in the Northeast and West markets is due to two common stochastic trends, while a large share of transitional price variability in the Northeast, West and Midwest originates from three common stochastic cycles. The study estimates the relationships between the common unobserved components and economic variables and finds that unemployment, federal funds rate, corporate default risk, economic expansion, unanticipated inflation in the construction market ar...
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COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) hails the introduction of S.1617, the Healthy Housing Council Act of 2011 on Friday. U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Mike Johanns (R-NE) introduced the legislation, which would create the first Council on Healthy Housing- -bringing together Federal, State and local government representatives, as well as industry and non-profit representatives.
This is an important public health and economic issue. The Healthy Housing Council Act will help families identify and eliminate hidden home health hazards. Small problems like a leaky pipe can lead to mold which can then cause more serious health and economic issues, including missed school and work. Making simple fixes can go a long way to...
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