21. Labor Market Policy Research Reports, March 26 – 30, 2012
(Matching tags: health care, jobs, housing, labor market, medicare, taxes, minimum wage, budget, medicaid)

... Services Pratap Chatterjee Sharing the Pain and Gain in the Housing Market: How Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Can Prevent Foreclosures and Protect Taxpayers by Combining Principal Reductions with “Shared ...

22. Case-Shiller Index Virtually Flat in January
(Matching tags: housing)

... are now being forced to find rental housing that is in short supply. This really does not make sense as a national phenomenon. Rental vacancy rates continue to be at near-record levels, exceeded only by ...

23. Congressional Budget Office Projects the Return of the Housing Bubble
(Matching tags: economy, recession, housing, GDP)

... that year even though it was already well underway. It forecast both a decade of solid economic growth and continued strong capital gains and capital gains tax revenue. CBO also never noticed the housing ...

24. Two Die as Fire Sweeps Through Camp Lycèe Toussaint
(Matching tags: iom, human rights, idp, idps, housing)

By Mark Snyder and Ellie Happel At two in the morning on Monday March 12th, 2012, the tents of Camp Lycèe Toussaint in downtown Port-au-Prince became engulfed in flames.  Within an hour, 96 of the approximately ...

25. Evaluation of Donor Response to Haiti Earthquake Shows "Building Back Better" Nothing But a Slogan
(Matching tags: aid distribution, usaid, shelter, reconstruction, haitian government, haitian ngos, transparency, aid coordination, donors, cholera, housing)

... Haitians it’s harder for them to get through.” The report suggests that rather than housing UN operations on a military base, “UN agencies and clusters should have been physically based within government ...

26. Home Sales Improve in January But Drag on Market Remains
(Matching tags: economy, jobs, housing, recovery)

... important factor. In the case of this winter, an unusually mild January likely boosted sales in the Midwest and Northeast. More importantly, though, the sources of long-term drag on the housing market ...

27. As Relocation of Champ de Mars Begins, Criticism Over Lack of Adequate Housing Plan Mounts
(Matching tags: iom, ngos, amnesty international, aid coordination, care, camps, camp conditions, idps, housing)

An important article this week from William Booth of the Washington Post took an in-depth look at the government and international community’s efforts to clear some of most high profile of the remaining ...

28. As NGOs Begin to Pull Out of IDP Camps, Access to Clean Water Deteriorates
(Matching tags: aid distribution, sanitation, iom, ngos, forced evictions, care, american red cross, idp, crs, camp conditions, housing)

Water quality as well as access worsened in December as free water distribution service was discontinued and NGOs continued shifting their operations out of IDP camps, according to a water assessment by ...

29. Case-Shiller 20-City Index Falls Again in November
(Matching tags: housing, housing bubble, house prices)

The seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller 20-City index fell 0.7 percent in November, according to the latest indicators and developments in the housing sector. The index, which is in its seventh consecutive ...

30. Is President Obama Proposing That the Government Buy Out the Banks' Bad Mortgages?
(Matching tags: housing, mortgages, private lenders, government)

That seems to be what the administration is proposing, according to an article in the New York Times. The article says that the Obama Administration wants to let people with underwater mortgages with private ...

31. Emergency and Transitional Shelter Provision Flawed, New Evaluation Shows
(Matching tags: aid distribution, shelter, reconstruction, tarps, ngos, red cross, aid coordination, relief efforts, american red cross, camp conditions, housing)

... focus on transitional shelters (T-shelters) hindered the ability to develop a comprehensive housing solution. Meetings were most often conducted in English and access was restricted inside the UN Log ...

32. A Tale of Two Deficit Charts
(Matching tags: economy, recession, housing, GDP)

Not long after I first came to Washington 20 years ago I was at a conference dealing with Social Security privatization. One of the panelists used a number for the administrative costs of private accounts ...

33. Bottom-Tier Homes Hit Hardest as House Prices Fall Slightly in September
(Matching tags: housing, housing bubble)

... the peak of the housing bubble, it's striking how badly bottom-tier homes have been hit in some of the most bubble-affected cities. Prices of bottom-tier homes are down by more than 50 percent from their ...

34. Strong Investment Gives GDP a Boost, But Growth Remains Weak
(Matching tags: economy, recession, housing, GDP)

... a small positive in the growth data. Housing has bottomed and will likely be a small positive going forward. Consumption growth is likely to be in a 2-3 percent range. Consumers still have not fully adjusted ...

35. House Prices Unchanged in August, While Tax Credit Leaves Some Underwater
(Matching tags: housing, housing bubble)

...  For more, check out the latest Housing Market Monitor.  ...

36. Lack of Adequate Housing Plan “Most Glaring Failure of the Past Year”
(Matching tags: shelter, reconstruction, human rights, forced evictions, ijdh, camp conditions, idps, housing)

... as the 16-6 plan. Charles writes: For weeks, families like Simin’s have quietly moved out of the camp and into permanent homes as part of a housing initiative launched by Haitian President Michel Martelly. ...

37. Strong Increase for the Case-Shiller Index in July, But How Long Will it Last?
(Matching tags: economy, housing)

... In addition, there is a large amount of inventory not showing up on the market, which is best demonstrated by the near-record vacancy rate nationwide. For more, read the newest Housing Market Monitor. ...