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Washington Post - Subsidizing the well-to-do |
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Written by Janet Ahmad
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Sunday, 18 September 2005 |
Homes As Hummers Since 1970 the size of the average home has increased 55 percent (to 2,330 square feet), while the size of the average family has decreased 13 percent. Especially among the upper crust, homes have more space and fewer people...In 2005, about 80 percent of the estimated $200 billion of federal housing subsidies consists of tax breaks (mainly deductions for mortgage interest payments and preferential treatment for profits on home sales), reports an Urban Institute study. These tax breaks go heavily to upscale Americans, who are thereby encouraged to buy bigger homes. Federal housing benefits average $8,268 for those with incomes between $200,000 and $500,000, estimates the study; by contrast, they're only $365 for those with incomes of $40,000 to $50,000. It's nutty for government to subsidize bigger homes for the well-to-do. |
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The Boston Globe - Tell Your Mold Story |
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Written by Janet Ahmad
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Wednesday, 14 September 2005 |
The Boston Globe wants to hear your mold story
The next menace: Mold
What Katrina's wind and waters haven't claimed, fungi are now starting to devour
Hurricane Katrina victims who haven't lost their homes still must confront some truly horrific mold...mold has been spotted in the apartments, college dorms and even offices of greater Boston. Tell us your mold story: What caused it? Where was it? What did you do about it?  Tell your mold stories |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 15 January 2006 )
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Monday, 12 September 2005 |
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Monday Morning Mold September 12, 2005 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 July 2006 )
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Mother Jones: Houses Keep Growing |
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Written by Janet Ahmad
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Saturday, 10 September 2005 |
This New House
The American Dream just keeps growing. Since 1970 the size of the average new home has ballooned by 50 percent. "Great rooms," Viking ranges, 10-acre lots"can moats and turrets be far behind? |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 06 April 2006 )
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Dallas Morning News - Guest Commentary |
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Written by Janet Ahmad
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Friday, 09 September 2005 |
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Heidi Wanken: Home buyers, beware
The moral of our story is this: Your home builder is not your friend, and the company isn't looking out for you. The builder will woo and court you while you're looking at the model homes and floor plans. It is an entirely different story once you own the house... And if you have any doubt about the potential for problems, consider this: To be a builder in the state of Texas, you need only fill out a two-page form and submit a check for $125 to the TRCC. If we had known then what we know now, we would have walked away and never looked back. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 September 2005 )
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Juliet Home - Building Status has been Canceled |
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Written by Janet Ahmad
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Thursday, 08 September 2005 |
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TRCC CANCELED - Juliet Home
Juliet Homes to begin work on new residential community
See: Tremont & Juliet Homes |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 08 September 2005 )
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Realtors and Forclosure Sharks are Salivating |
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Written by Janet Ahmad
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Thursday, 08 September 2005 |
Lobbyists decimate Homeowner protection bill
This year, Senator Denise Ducheny introduced SB 137 - the stripped down version that Schwarzenegger had vetoed. It was sailing along in the California legislature until the lobbyists geared up again, and like a pack of ravenous wolves tearing at a carcass, they decimated the bill even more. Senator Duchney was forced to drop the $2,500 ceiling to $1,800, and finally, to strip the equity provision from the bill at the demand of the realtors. A home can now be sold for any price after 12 months - even for a $1. The realtors and other foreclosure sharks are salivating all the way to the bank.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 September 2005 )
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Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
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Monday Morning Mold September 5, 2005 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 July 2006 )
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Written by Janet Ahmad
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Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
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Monday Morning Mold August 29, 2005 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 July 2006 )
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Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
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Monday Morning Mold August 22, 2005 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 July 2006 )
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Written by Janet Ahmad
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Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
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Monday Morning Mold August 15, 2005 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 July 2006 )
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Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
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Monday Morning Mold August 8, 2005 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 July 2006 )
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Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
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Monday Morning Mold August 1, 2005 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 July 2006 )
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Written by Janet Ahmad
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Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
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Monday Morning Mold July 18, 2005 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 July 2006 )
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Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
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Monday Morning Mold July 4, 2005 |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 28 July 2006 )
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Tuesday, 06 September 2005 |
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Monday Morning Mold June 20, 2005 |
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