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Gratitude Week Volunteers Raise Awareness for Homelessness

On my way to work this week, I noticed several people holding signs with messages like "I have a home", "I feel loved", and "I have hope". They were just standing there all along West Georgia smiling at people and...

Obama's Education Speech Ignores Conditions of Homeless Children

President Obama's decision to address the nation's students this Tuesday has led to a national debate with some opposing federal government entering U.S. schools.The reasons are numerous, but under what conditions...

CSR Minute: August 28, 2009

This daily podcast reports the Corporate Social and Sustainability efforts of corporations, businesses, and countries on how their initiatives improve both the lives of their citizens, but consumers, and the...

State Politicos Capitalizing on Mortgage Crisis and Foreclosures

I read recently that Terry Goddard, Arizona's current attorney general,  has joined a Task Force supposedly to address the scam artists operating in Arizona after Obama's claimed "rescue" was announced. Below is a copy of a letter I sent to the Arizona legislature as a...

Australia's Housing Shortage Lie

"...it is price that is the major problem in the housing market. Prices are at unsustainable levels brought about by the manipulation of demand and supply by the various levels of government. As soon as the manipulation ends, price discovery will lead to a collapse in the...

U.S. House Prices Keep Climbing with a 1.2% Rise in June

Integrated Asset Services(www.iasreo.com) today released its IAS360 House Price Index (HPI). Based upon the timeliest and most granular data available in the industry, the index for national house prices moved ahead another 1.2% in June.   With June’s gains--the...

Governor of the Bank of Canada says Recession is Over

A quarterly Monetary Policy Report released by the Bank of Canada on Thursday, proclaims that he recession is over. "We're on track for the recovery both in Canada and globally" Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank...

Housing for all in Kolkata - promises, promises

"The property scenario in Kolkata is changing fast and it has indeed changed drastically since the time it was known as 'Calcutta'. The image of erstwhile Calcutta with modestly-built houses and slums is fading...

Housing crisis puts families on the streets of L.A.

   The worsening economy has left many families in Los Angeles with no other option but to live on the streets.    There are an estimated 80,000 homeless people living in Los Angeles, according to a 2007...

Finally the Truth is getting out about the Economy!

In his article "Putting the toothpaste back into the tube" by Andy Kessler on The Weekly Standard, we find a short and simple explanation of how our economy works - and what's been going wrong lately. As hinted by various commentators over the past couple of years, the...

Day-to-day struggle

"I read this story in The Chicago Tribune and was shocked to realize what a toll this tough economy is taking on the less visible, but imminently vital, illegal laborers of our country. Even more surprisingly, some desperate American citizens are also showing up to get hired...

No room for low-income housing in South Los Angeles

Low-income families are being priced out of their own neighborhoods in South Los Angeles so landlords can profit from luxury housing. Organizations such as Esperanza Community Housing aim to prevent the...

Best Place to Live in the Greater Vancouver Area

Since moving to Vancouver a year and a half ago and living in 4 different locations within that time,  I have come to the conclusion that New Westminster is the best location to live in.  Well, at least it is for a poor, struggling student.  Rent is reasonable,...

BC declares no more exotic animals to be kept as pets

BC Environment Minister Barry Penner announced today that new rules are going in to effect to regulate any exotic animals being kept as pets that could harm the publics' safety. ""British Columbians shouldn't have to...

Cave Dwelling Family Can't Refinance, Selling Home on eBay

UPDATE MARCH 8th:  I'm happy to report that things are looking up for the Sleeper family -  it looks like they'll be getting private financing to keep their family "cave", after all.  Here's an...

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