Proposed Rewrite of HUD Mission Statement Raises Concerns

A proposed rewriting of the mission statement for the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) has raised charges that the Department is retreating from efforts to combat discrimination. According to an ABC News report, a leaked draft of the revised mission statement reads: A proposed
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Billy McFarland, the mastermind behind last summer's luxury Fyre music festival in the Bahamas that ended up being canceled amid leaky tents and cheese sandwiches, pled guilty to two counts of wire fraud this week. McFarland admitted to a federal Manhattan court that he had defrauded 80 of the
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Singapore authorities have already warned that the housing market is not heading in the right direction. As experienced in the last four years, there are low sales of apartments, and the price of private homes has gone up. Other factors in the sector are heading downwards. Even though the immigration
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The bank dropped a promise that it could increase its bond purchase stimulus if the economy worsens. That was seen as a step toward ending the 30 billion euros ($37 billion) per month in bond purchases that pump newly printed money into the economy in an effort to support growth and inflation.
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The 67 percent rate for closed loans by Millennials was the highest percentage recorded in two years. Purchases accounted for 81 percent of all closed loans to Millennials during January, down from 84 percent the month prior, and refinances accounted for 18 percent, up from the 15 percent level that
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Toronto's house market has cooled quite a bit in the past few months, as prices dropped 18 per cent between April 2017 and February 2018. But some GTA markets have managed to buck the trend, with steady price growth over the last year. According to a new report from Zoocasa, prices have been
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In celebration of International Women's Day today, Kentucky Fried Chicken in Malaysia has temporarily replaced Colonel Sanders on its online logo with his wife, Claudia Sanders. The chain's Malaysian site describes Claudia as “the 12th ingredient to the Colonel's 11 secret herbs and spices.” She was
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International Seaways confident of closing Gener8 VLCC deal … Magnus Fyhr, an analyst at Seaport Global, said: “Given the better credit of International Seaways [compared to Gener8], we don't see any reason why the transaction … International Seaways is buying six VLCCs from Gener8 Maritime.
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A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research made a splash the other day when it claimed that the median pay of an Uber or Lyft driver in the U.S. is only $3.37 an hour before taxes — less than half the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
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North Bay's biggest independent wineries, commercial real estate brokerages … NorthBayBusinessJournal.com) focuses on the wine business and commercial real estate. … The Commercial Real Estate Brokerages list is ranked by commercial agents in the North Bay, then by total North Bay staff.
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Verified contact information for Richard Bartholomew – Manager, Information Technology, 1st Alliance Lending, including phone numbers, email address, employees and more.
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TPG Specialty Lending logo First Republic Investment Management Inc. cut its holdings in TPG Specialty Lending Inc (NYSE:TSLX) by 9.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned
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The Attorney General alleged that an online payday lender and the investors “designed, implemented, and profited from a consumer lending scheme to circumvent the usury laws of states.” The alleged conduct, which the court referred to generally as “rent-a-bank” and “rent-a-tribe” schemes, involved
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The Winklevoss twins said their main 2018 goal for Gemini Exchange, the Bitcoin and Ethereum trading platform they run, is expanding to other tokens such as Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. Their comments have significance for Cboe Global Markets Inc., Gemini's partner on Bitcoin futures. Cboe
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Whether you're looking for a new apartment or not, it can occasionally be entertaining to explore an upmarket real estate listing to see what life could be like if money wasn't a concern. So what exactly does the upper-end of New Orleans's rental market look like today — and just how glitzy do these
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At the time of writing, the 14-day ADX for Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Li (SREI.L) is 18.95. Many technical chart analysts believe that an ADX value over 25 would suggest a strong trend. A reading under 20 would indicate no trend, and a reading from 20-25 would suggest that there is no clear
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The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.46 percent for the week ending March 8, up from last week when it averaged 4.43 percent. The 15-year FRM this week averaged 3.94 percent, up from last week when it averaged 3.90 percent. And the five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate
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Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund boosted its stake in shares of Mondelez International by 16.1% during the 2nd quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund now owns 336,348 shares of the company's stock worth $14,527,000 after buying an additional
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51992. Realogy Franchise Group LLC. Realogy Holdings Corp. is a global leader in residential real estate franchising and brokerage with many of the best-known industry brands including Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate, CENTURY 21®, Coldwell Banker®, Coldwell Banker Commercial®,
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It's called Bowery Valuation, and it's aiming to bring commercial real estate appraisals — currently an $8 billion market — into the modern era at long last. Investors certainly see the need for an upgrade. The nearly three-year-old outfit just raised $5 million in seed funding, including from Cushman
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