Tag: Barack Obama
Sudden impact
According to the Migration Policy Institute, 3.7 million unauthorized immigrations that are parents of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents could receive temporary relief...
Obama: Energy efficiency for millions of apartments
And they plan on doing it through pressures in lending requirements. What comes of this partnership remains to be seen, but the goal is...
A climate action plan for affordable multihousing
To reduce the deadly threat of climate disruption, it is essential to rein in polluting energy use, especially the wasteful conventional consumption of electricity...
Involuntary part-time jobs growing
And there are signs the Affordable Care Act-Obamacare-is swelling those ranks as employers prepare to reduce their health insurance coverage responsibility for full time...
HUD’s race-based housing
A major goal of President Obama's second term is to use the brute force of government to reduce inequality. This played out in the struggle...
Obama picks former prosecutor to head SEC
Mary Jo White, former U.S. attorney in Manhattan, has an extensive record of prosecuting white-collar crime, won convictions in the 1993 World Trade Center...
Clinton tax increases slowed growth
But what really happened after Clinton raised taxes? The historical record is clear, and it isn't what President Obama would have you believe. Clinton signed...
Apartment industry responds to President Obama’s real estate owned initiative
We are pleased to see the Administration explicitly recognizing the importance of rental housing in meeting our nation's housing needs through the Real-Estate Owned...
Why business despairs of Obama
Those who might help us escape are now being held back by the anti-business policies of President Barack Obama. Obama's administration predicted a V-shaped recovery,...
Change in the air
What is yet unclear is what will replace them. The GSEs are blamed in large part for the single-family finance bubble that led to the...
Health care reform: not ready for discharge
"The fat lady hasn't even come on stage yet," says legal studies and health care management professor Arnold. J. Rosoff. "The current legislation is...