HLC Housing Agenda Blog

Redevelopment funds at risk in state budget talks; fiscal reform needed

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

The League of California Cities sent out an action alert, saying that a proposal is under serious consideration for the state to use local redevelopment funds in an effort to balance the budget. HLC believes this would be a shortsighted, ill-advised move. This is the alert from the League REDEVELOPMENT ...

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Section 8 Waiting List is Closed; Lottery Soon

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

The San Mateo County Housing Authority collected some 23,000 applications for the Section 8 waiting list. Reportedly, 95% were submitted online, which is a tribute both to the public libraries' free computers and to the efforts of numerous service providers to assist clients with signing up online. The Housing Authority will ...

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