http://www.mail.com/subjects/236144-housing-policy.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/236144-housing-policy.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2055724-congressman-lobbyist-housing-fcc-nods.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama acted Wednesday to fill two top regulatory posts, tapping a veteran Democratic congressman to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency at a pivotal time for the housing market and naming a top campaign fundraiser and former lobbyist to head the Federal Communications Commission. Rep. Melvin Watt, D-N.C., would overs... Wed, 01 May 2013 21:43:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2055724-congressman-lobbyist-housing-fcc-nods.html 2013-05-01T21:43:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046688-un-crisis-greece-weakening-human-rights-action.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is falling behind on its human rights obligations, a senior U.N. investigator warned Friday, and he strongly criticized the "excessively rigid" demands of the crisis-hit country's bailout program. U.N. independent expert Cephas Lumina said a surge in unemployment and axed benefits had left a growing number of Greeks without he... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:22:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046688-un-crisis-greece-weakening-human-rights-action.html 2013-04-26T15:22:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion, but Obama's proposal would negate more than $1 trillion in automatic ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html 2013-04-10T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991952-help-shrinks-poverty-spikes-us.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Antonio Hammond is the $18,000 man. He's a success story for Catholic Charities of Baltimore, one of a multitude of organizations trying to haul people out of poverty in this Maryland port city where one of four residents is considered poor by U.S. government standards. Hammond says he ended up in Baltimore three years... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:34:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991952-help-shrinks-poverty-spikes-us.html 2013-04-02T06:34:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1785712-ga-counties-sue-hsbc-claiming-loss-tax-base.html ATLANTA (AP) — Three Atlanta-area counties have filed a lawsuit claiming that British bank HSBC cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in extra expenses and damage to their tax bases by aggressively signing minorities to housing loans that were likely to fail. The Georgia counties' failure or success with the relatively novel strategy could help determ... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1785712-ga-counties-sue-hsbc-claiming-loss-tax-base.html 2012-12-24T19:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1770686-ap-workers-charity-money-to-vets.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A veterans charity already under scrutiny for how it raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in Tennessee handed out only a fraction of the money in the form of gift cards and threatened to fire workers if they didn't meet fundraising quotas, former employees say. The Stuart, Fla.-based Veterans Support Organization has been critic... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1770686-ap-workers-charity-money-to-vets.html 2012-12-17T00:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1741468-sandy-nyc-pins-housing-hope-repairs.html NEW YORK (AP) — Facing Superstorm Sandy's daunting toll of wreckage and displacement in the nation's largest city, officials have put much of their hopes and hundreds of millions of dollars into jump-starting repairs to make homes livable. Federal and city officials see the strategy — focusing on getting people back into their own homes, not temporary hou... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1741468-sandy-nyc-pins-housing-hope-repairs.html 2012-12-04T19:26:00Z