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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (34137)	9/1/2000 2:25:16 PM
From: Bill	Respond to of 769667

Delusional is thinking that you and your wife were the subjects of Love Story. Did Tipper die?

To: greenspirit who wrote (34137)	9/1/2000 2:25:31 PM
From: microhoogle!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Is it true... I thought Texas prospered under Bush. Also I thought real estate is sooooo ... cheap in Texas than in VA, then why this problem? Housing Problems in Texas 600,000 Number of Texans who live in homes that are grossly unaffordable to them, paying at least half of their income for housing. 58% Percentage of poor tenants in Houston devoting more than half of their income to rent. 40% Percentage of very low-income Texas households confronting the most acute housing problems with a disabled adult. 3 times The number of Texas families facing the greatest housing needs is growing three times faster than the number of affordable housing units being created. 400,000 Number of Texans who live in decrepit, Third World-like housing in communities called colonias along the Mexican border; 334,000 lack adequate sewer services. 15% Percentage of Texas housing agency's money that the state legislature has told it to direct to the poorest Texans. 4% to 10% Percentage of Texas housing agency's money that has been directed to the poorest Texans, depending on which parts of the budget are counted. Cities with the highest percentage of poor renters living in substandard housing: San Antonio 29% Houston 27% Memphis 26% New York 24% New Orleans 22% SOURCES: Texas Low Income Housing Information Service, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Census Bureau, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities