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Hurricane related building codes going unchecked

Steve Myers, Bill Finch and Brendan Kirby of the Mobile Register surveyed local governments to find that "numerous jurisdictions in Mobile and Baldwin counties have not been enforcing significant portions […]
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Loan deal raises questions

Mike McGraw and Michael Mansur of The Kansas City Star uncovered documents showing that a city housing agency provided what experts called a "sweetheart" loan to a group redeveloping an […]
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Housing bond falls short on promises

John Hill of The Sacramento Bee found that a $2.1 billion bond California voters approved to provide affordable housing hasn't delivered. "With the pot more than half gone, a Bee […]
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New homebuyers slammed by high prices, high taxes

Troy Anderson of the Los Angeles Daily News reports on soaring property tax revenues in Los Angeles city and county. "The revenues have been a boon for local governments, with […]
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Thousands of home permits issued for fire-prone areas

Jim Miller and Ben Goad of The (Riverside, Calif.) Press-Enterprise use mapping software to plot thousands of new home permits issued since the 2003 Southern California fires and then compared […]
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Developers have big plans for rural areas

John McCarthy of the Florida Today analyzed and mapped data from the Brevard County Property Appraiser's database to report on growth and development in Brevard County, Fla. McCarthy found that […]
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Tax abatements benefit downtown owners

Gregory S. Reeves of The Kansas City Star analyzed county data on tax breaks given to properties in downtown Kansas City, finding that "more than 1,700 properties in Jackson County […]
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Section 8 failing to provide adequate housing

Antonio Olivo, John Bebow and Darnell Little of the Chicago Tribune used local data to show that "private landlords are fast taking over government's traditional role of housing Chicago's poor. […]
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Medium home value soars

William M. Hartnett of The Palm Beach Post analyzed ten years' of housing sales for Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie counties, finding that median home prices have jumped dramatically […]
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Home assessment accuracy up

Gregory S. Reeves of The Kansas City Star used Jackson County real estate data to show that "an old problem - over-valuing homes under $50,000 - may have gotten worse […]
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