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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (11637)	9/15/2006 2:33:52 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

N.O. woman blasts 'code word' for poor - (So what are we supposed to call "poor people"????) Baton Rouge Advocate ^ \| 9/15/06 \| JOE GYAN JR. 2theadvocate.com BELLE CHASSE — A discussion about not duplicating pre-Katrina “concentrations of poverty” when New Orleans’ ravaged rental stock is rebuilt raised the temperature Thursday during a Louisiana Recovery Authority meeting. While authority members and authority Executive Director Andy Kopplin were discussing two “Road Home” rental housing programs and an accompanying objective of not replicating what a Road Home handout called “pre-storm excessive concentrations of poverty,” New Orleanian Elizabeth Cook sprang to her feet and gave the board an earful. (Excerpt) Read more at 2theadvocate.com ....

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (11637)	9/15/2006 2:41:48 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 14758

Apartment building developers sue Santa Monica over affordable housing provision Associated Press -- Riverside Press ^ \| 15 September, 2006 pe.com SANTA MONICA -- Apartment building developers sued the city, seeking to overturn an ordinance that requires them to provide affordable housing. The lawsuit, filed Monday, in Superior Court claims the provision violates clauses of the state and federal constitutions, which prohibit the government from taking private property without providing compensation. The ordinance requires developers with four or more residential units to also build some affordable housing sold at below-market prices, according to the Sacramento- based Pacific Legal Foundation. Money that builders lose constructing below-market homes would be passed along in higher prices for new housing that is not price-controlled, said attorney James Burling who represents local landlords. The provision will potentially discourage home construction and raise costs for most home buyers, he said. Messages left for the city attorney's office were not immediately returned.