Housing policy http://www.npr.org Housing policy en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:36:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Housing policy http://www.npr.org Obama's Executive-Power Use Shows He Still Holds Some Cards An advantage of being the incumbent in the Oval Office seeking re-election was readily evident Monday in President Obama's roll-out of his administration's latest effort to help struggling homeowners. The president's executive power allows him to actually put into effect real changes as opposed to merely proposing them which is pretty much all the Republican presidential candidates can do. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:36:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/10/24/141649545/obamas-use-of-executive-power-on-housing-shows-he-still-holds-some-cards?ft=1&f=135012328 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/10/24/141649545/obamas-use-of-executive-power-on-housing-shows-he-still-holds-some-cards?ft=1&f=135012328 An advantage of being the incumbent in the Oval Office seeking re-election was readily evident Monday in President Obama's roll-out of his administration's latest effort to help struggling homeowners. The president's executive power allows him to actually put into effect real changes as opposed to merely proposing them which is pretty much all the Republican presidential candidates can do.

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]]> Hypothesis Proved? The Chicago Housing Authority began demolishing the lone-standing high rise at the Cabrini-Green housing project. Originally perceived as a sensible move in housing the urban poor, it was later derided as public housing's number one failure. Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:02:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2011/03/31/135009976/hypothesis-proved?ft=1&f=135012328 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2011/03/31/135009976/hypothesis-proved?ft=1&f=135012328 The Chicago Housing Authority began demolishing the lone-standing high rise at the Cabrini-Green housing project. Originally perceived as a sensible move in housing the urban poor, it was later derided as public housing's number one failure.

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