Schools are among the first places to feel the fallout
NPR’s Marketplace did a report last night on how the foreclosure crisis is impacting the schools in Cleveland, OH. Mhari Saito from WCPN in Cleveland reports on how those districts, and their students, are coping.
Brian Davis, who heads the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, summed up the situation: It’s usually somebody who is living in a duplex or multifamily apartment building that’s been foreclosed on. And usually the tenant is the last to know in the whole process. They have usually a short period of time to relocate and have then trouble finding a place to live.
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Richard W. Brown, Executive Director, begins his eightenth year with Monarch Housing Associates in 2008. He has thirty-five years experience in both housing development and the management of permanent, affordable and supportive housing. Before working for Monarch, Mr. Brown helped to develop and implement affordable housing and home ownership programs in New Jersey and New York. He is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of NY's AHP Advisory Committee.
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