Housing
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U.S. housing market gives mixed signals
CommentBeckles interview May 31, 2012
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Please, sir, can I have some transportation? 178 groups ask Congress
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Amalgamated Local 689 isn't the only organization seeking more money. Scores of national leaders have sent a letter to the Hill.
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Metro history: D.C.'s cars and streets once poisoned us with lead
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No one wants to believe the ground beneath our very feet is dangerous. But more than three decades ago, people feared the lead that was building up in the District of Columbia — it was worse here than anywhere, some believed.
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Metro history: How D.C. united urban workers with suburban jobs
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From 1984 to 1987, suburban job growth increased by 6% while the urban job growth within the District grew at a sluggish 2.2%. How did D.C. address this staggering difference? The city launched its Regional Jobs Initiative program in 1983 and gave unemployed D.C. workers a way to reach the suburbs if they found jobs out there.
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Earthquake stories; Report is critical of the mayor; Mortgage help
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Bob Levey, Mike Debonis, Clarence Snuggs
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Recession forces grown men and women to live with their parents
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We knew this recession was rough — the murder-suicides, lost libidos, ruined marriages, and the hope that Sticky Fingers will somehow save us — but we never thought it would come to this. We, the grown men and women of Washington, have become so poor that we're moving back in with our parents.
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Millennials want new urban housing, study says
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Marketers have been telling us for years that "tech-savvy" millennials are somehow special, and thus require unique marketing. Now developers are getting into the Generation Y act, concluding that we need more than just an affordable roof over our preciously hip heads.
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The debt crisis and the housing market; Foster care needs; Struggles of addiction & recovery
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David Mark, Darrin Friedman, Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, Agnes Leshner and Kamilah Bunn
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Beltway housing prices rise, rest of nation falls
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Remember the recession? The economic collapse of 2009, caused by rapidly deflating housing prices? Since that time, housing prices have yet to stabilize — except in the D.C. area. Yay us.
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Granny pods (MEDCottages) need regulation, Lee District supervisor says
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Granny pods provide a happy medium between exiling your aging parents to an old-folks home and actually letting them into your nice house. But some people are going all NIMNBY on these miniature homes: not in my neighbor's backyard.
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D.C. housing laws are not well-enforced
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Remember that whole "One City" thing? The promise that the District had finally turned a corner, and would become a giant black-and-white cookie? It was all a dream.
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The most expensive housing markets in the region
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The way things cost around here, you'd think we were living in Hollywood — without the palm trees and gorgeous weather.
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MPD FOP talks police leadership; housing & development and polictical headlines
CommentKris Baumann, David Bowers, Alex Burns
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Plagued by homicides, Silver Spring home for sale
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In Maryland, real estate agents aren't required to inform buyers of past homicides, suicides, or ritual killings that may have occurred in a property.
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Prince George's homeowners warned about scammers
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Homeowners beware: Scammers are taking aim at delinquent borrowers in PG County.
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Rent in D.C. region expected to surge 10 percent
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Feel like you're paying more per month in rent? You're not alone.
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Home prices rise in D.C.
Remember when you could afford to live in D.C.? No? Want to live in D.C.? Better luck next decade. [Penn Quarter Insider]
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Vigil held Monday for Md. trans beating victim
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Chrissy Lee Polis speaks out about assault at Md. McDonalds; vigil that was held Monday.
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