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Non-Profit Finance Fund releases 2013 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey

March 31, 2013

Data reflect the challenges facing the nonprofit sector.

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Urge passage of H.R. 1213 to ensure funding for the National Housing Trust Fund

March 31, 2013

ACTION ALERT from The Center for Community Change.

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Housing program seeks to cut monthly payments

March 28, 2013

Washington Post: The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced that borrowers who are more than 90 days late on their mortgages will become automatically eligible for a modification to the terms of the home loan.

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Sequestration = closings

March 28, 2013

HUD will close for one week to save money. The sequester will have more dire effects on assisted tenants and households if new vouchers are frozen.

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We agree: Home Matters

March 27, 2013

Home Matters is a movement uniting America around Home as the place where lives and families thrive, and as the bedrock for a stronger nation.

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Federal Housing Budget, Policies and Programs

Affordability

Homelessness

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PHARE Trainings Announced

March 27, 2013

April 10th and May 2nd

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State Housing Budget, Policies and Programs

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Sequestration = loss of stability

March 27, 2013

Erie Co. will likely see between $1.9 million and $2.7 million in federal funding cuts to drug and alcohol counseling, mental health treatment, child care and other programs.

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Local Housing News

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Federal Housing Budget, Policies and Programs