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Hospitals advocate housing the homeless to save money
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Portland hospitals are looking to move the homeless into permanent apartments in the wake of rising unpaid medical bills. Officials say this approach will save taxpayers in the long run after counting the cost of all the medical, police and social services that the homeless utilize while living on the street.
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Labels: homeless, housing, social services, taxpayers
Senate agrees to move forward on stalled housing bill
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Democrat Harry Reid says the Senate is ready to stop "bickering" and start negotiations on a housing bill that would provide relief to those in subprime loans. The bill would also provide money for communities to buy and refurbished foreclosed properties. Disagreement over a bankruptcy forgiveness clause has stalled voting.
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Labels: bankruptcy, foreclosure, housing, Senate, subprime
Bernanke testifies to Congress, talks housing, recession
After the Federal Reserve's historic reaction to Bear Stearns' liquidity crisis, Fed Chair Bernanke testifies before Congress that a recession is impending. Bernanke said the move to increase liquidity has never been done.
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Labels: Bernanke, Congress, Federal Reserve, liquidity, recession
Protestors of homeless conditions interrupt L.A. mayor's speech
Los Angles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was cut short during a speech Tuesday after workers at a nearby soup kitchen protested the city's treatment of the homeless. Protestors claimed that the city's police have been harassing those on Skid Row.
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Labels: homeless, protest, Skid Row, soup kitchen
Increase in child welfare workers could decrease heavy caseloads
Indiana has hired more than 800 child welfare workers since 2005 to lessen the caseloads of employees. The state says it will meet national standards by this summer. Reported child deaths due to abuse were down from the previous year.
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Labels: caseworkers, child welfare
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