New approaches for controlling pesticide exposure in children
Study shows federal housing program helps lowest income tenants
With 2.2 million units created, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is the largest federal program for the creation and renovation of affordable housing. But while public funding for private housing can serve ...
Jan 04, 2013
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President's documents now accessible on smartphone
The government is launching a new mobile app to provide access to the president's public documents and activities.
Oct 10, 2012
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Discord unites elite hackers charged in NY, IL
At the large public housing project in New York City where he lived, outsiders knew him as a quiet family man. But federal prosecutors say Hector Xavier Monsegur was an Internet saboteur known as Sabu.
Mar 08, 2012
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Ex-congresswoman to head Google Washington office
Google on Thursday named a former Republican congresswoman from New York to head the Internet giant's Washington-based policy and lobbying operation.
Feb 23, 2012
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Allergic to home
Building characteristics — public housing or private duplex, tall or short, new or old — are associated with indoor allergens, according to a new study by Northeastern researchers. The report, published in the Journal ...
Apr 07, 2011
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Seniors in public housing suffer worse health than others in community
Location really does matter to older adults’ health, according to a new study that found those living in public housing fare poorly and suffer more from fatigue and chronic, related conditions than those in other community ...
Mar 16, 2011
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Hope for Chicago: Moving city's poor out of troubled housing projects is having mixed results
In December 2010, the last remaining resident was removed from the last high-rise building standing in Chicago’s notorious Cabrini-Green housing projects, long a national symbol of urban blight. The relocation ...
Mar 04, 2011
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Children in public housing play outdoors more
Young children living in urban public housing spend more time playing outdoors than other urban children, according to researchers at Rice University, Columbia University and Princeton University.
Feb 17, 2011
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Chicago yields mixed results with unfinished public housing efforts
After a rocky start, Chicago's controversial efforts to overhaul its public housing have showed gradual improvement, according to a new report by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Chi ...
Oct 07, 2010
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Mid-Century Model Homes Helped Shape Domestic Ideals
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas researcher examined trends in model houses in the post-World War II era and found that they represent a transformation in cultural and domestic life that continues to influence housing ...
Dec 16, 2009
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New White House Fellows survey: Leaders are less trusting, less cynical
Contemporary leaders are less trusting, but also less cynical, than those in top positions nearly four decades ago, according to a new comprehensive survey of White House Fellows -- a group that includes more ...
Oct 02, 2009
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