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Neighborhood revitalization headlines

CQ Politics, June 29, 2009
House chairman wants to use bailout dividends for affordable housing trust
House Financial Services Committee Chairman, Barney Frank, advocates $1 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program dividends to be sent to the National Housing Trust Fund.

Athens Banner-Herald, July 5, 2009
Mary Catherine Molpus: Athens Habitat earns gratitude
Athens, Georgia Habitat’s “A Brush with Kindness” program impresses a local social worker by helping one of her patients deal with much needed home repairs.


Secure tenure headlines

Examiner.com, June 27, 2009
The poor struggle for bargaining power in land disputes — world leaders aren’t turning blind eye
Lack of secure tenure around the world sometimes leads to violent conflicts in countries. Governments and legal representatives must get involved on behalf of the poor affected by this issue.

The Standard, June 28, 2009
Land policy seeks to erase colonial legacy
In Kenya, the cabinet approved the Draft National Land Policy, seeking to devolve the power of land ownership decisions from the president to new institutions.