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Healthy Communities: Continuing the “Unfinished Business” of the EPA

October 9, 2014
Overburdened communities are fighting strenuously but sometimes lack the resources, capacity and access to power that other communities can take for granted. Their communities—like many neighborhoods in the Bronx, N.Y., where I lived as a child, were overburdened with landfills, waste transfer stations, refineries, power plants and myriad sources of pollution for reasons that have a whole lot to do with race and class.
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A Victory for a Fairer Housing Market

October 9, 2014
When we hear that a mother is on maternity leave, most of us smile and realize it’s a special time in that family’s life. But what HUD has found is that often banks hear something else—they hear something that in a steady stream of cases has led lenders to deny, stall or question the home mortgage loans for expecting families.
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Pepper sprayed in his own home?!?

October 9, 2014
Imagine your child comes home from high school, letting himself in the door you left unlocked for him. Moments later he finds himself surrounded inside his home by three police officers demanding that he put his hands on the door, when he’s done nothing wrong. And then, when he insists it’s his...
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Un triunfo para un mercado de vivienda más justo

October 8, 2014
Cuando escuchamos que una mamá se encuentra bajo licencia de maternidad de su trabajo, la mayoría sonreímos reconociendo que se trata de un momento especial en la vida de esa familia: un bebe nuevo. Pero lo que HUD ha encontrado es que con frecuencia los bancos escuchan un mensaje diferente:...
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Voter's Guides 2014: Federal Spending and You

October 8, 2014
When you look at how our federal government spends money, do you see the priorities of your family and your community reflected? Your own day to day priorities might include getting something on the table for dinner, volunteering at your child’s cash-strapped school, scheduling doctors’ visits, or...
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Watch on Wednesday: #POWHERList: Healthy Lives!

October 7, 2014
Health and safety are absolute essentials to achieving economic success for women and their families. That is why this week NYS PowHER will focus on Healthy Lives: Securing Economic Equality by Ensuring Reproductive Options, Ending Domestic Violence and Providing Childcare. Watch the Google Hangout...
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Secret Life of FMLA: Shifting the Family Leave Conversation from She to We

October 2, 2014
I was out the other night with some of my colleagues and we were discussing ideas about what could help create a more supportive work culture at our university. The only two women at the table spoke about the need for more family friendly workplaces, specifically the need for paid family leave. We...
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FirstBank Mortgage Partners to Pay $35,000 to Resolve Allegations it Denied Home Loan to Applicant on Maternity Leave

October 2, 2014
In case you missed it: Check out this important press release from HUD's Office of Fair Housing; they're helping to turn the tide against maternal housing discrimination!
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HUD and Philadelphia-area Borough Settle Allegations of Housing Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence

October 2, 2014
"It's discriminatory to deny housing to a woman for violence committed against her. To face discrimination, on top of domestic violence, only compounds the injustice," said Gustavo Velasquez, HUD's Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
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NC education cuts must stop.

September 30, 2014
My name is Stacy Eleczko and I am a teacher. Eight years ago, I moved to North Carolina from Florida because of the progressive direction of education in this state. I also didn’t scoff at the fairly significant raise I got by moving here. Now, teachers in Florida with the same level of experience...
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