Archive for June, 2008
Poor Mothers and Kids Routinely Battered in Court
Posted on June 30, 2008. Filed under: Mothers in Poverty | Tags: abuse, abuser, author, bias, book, children, Coral Theill, courts, divorce, domestic, dv, emotional, mother, motherhood, power, survivor, trauma, violence |
Motherhood is truly sacred. But mothers are routinely victimized in today’s courts, as are their children. Poverty is one of the factors determining their lack of success in the courts and associated process.
This author, Coral Theill, has survived such traumas that destroy motherhood and mother-child relationships, at the hands of those who should protect [...]
Section 8 Housing Choice, and the Foreclosure Market
Posted on June 19, 2008. Filed under: HOUSING | Tags: activism, activist, benefit, choice, congress, entrepreneur, flip, foreclosure, good, governance, help, homelessness, HOUSING, housing authority, hud, investor, lease, legislature, mortgage, option, poor, poverty, reform, renter, rights, section 8, society, subsidized, subsidy, voucher |
The foreclosures are piling up, investors and middle class homeowners are losing their speculative real estate investments and even primary residences. Meanwhile, section 8 renters have been unable to find anyone willing to rent to them. A couple of years ago, the statistics show that somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 percent of section 8 [...]
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