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Looking at the human factors in disasters

Edit Wilmington News Journal 27 Sep 2017
On this occasion, we received a grant from Church World Service (an agency of the National Council of Churches here in the U.S.) to analyze the success of the 350 houses they were building for victims ... Our findings were very clear — the residents were very pleased with their new houses (it was clear that the recipients were very poor and the quality of the new homes, though very modest, improved their standard of living)....

Osinbajo: Nigeria’s Housing Deficit Too High, Unacceptable

Edit This Day 27 Sep 2017
“As at 1991, when the National Housing Policy was promulgated, Nigeria was said to have a housing deficit of seven million units ... Despite the various policies and strategies adopted by the federal government aimed aSet featured imaget combating the housing problems of the citizenry, not much has been accomplished,” Osinbajo said....

Iconic Ian Burrow 'teardrop' house on the waterfront up for sale

Edit Stuff 27 Sep 2017
This is a house many boaties will recognise – not just because it's easy to spot from the harbour, but also because it was commissioned for one of the country's prominent boatbuilders Greg Young and his wife Anne ... With the house itself often described as a "living work of art", it is probably not surprising that it has been owned by a well-known New Zealand artist for the past three years....

Trump aides told not to use personal phones — but some do

Edit Magic Valley 27 Sep 2017
House lawmakers have requested more information about the use of private email addresses and texting or the use of messaging apps on personal phones. They're also asking about the oversight and record-keeping policies of the Trump White House ... White House aides are instructed as part of their training not to use personal devices for official business ......

Trump aides told not to use personal phones _ but some do

Edit The Oklahoman 27 Sep 2017
House lawmakers have requested more information about the use of private email addresses and texting or the use of messaging apps on personal phones. They're also asking about the oversight and record-keeping policies of the Trump White House ... White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Monday that the use of private email accounts by staff is "to my knowledge, very limited."....

Housing NZ puts $5.5m into meth testing and decontamination in Auckland

Edit Stuff 27 Sep 2017
Taxpayers have footed a $5.5 million bill to test, and decontaminate or demolish hundreds of Auckland state houses contaminated with methamphetamine over the past year. Data show half of Housing New Zealand's Auckland homes tested for the drug in the 12 months to June were found to be contaminated ... * Big spike in bill for ridding state houses of meth in just one year....

“One of the world’s most technological tiny houses”: Small abode built by Colorado students showcases housing sustainability

Edit Denver Post 27 Sep 2017
For the past two years, Mines Tiny House team members have spent weekends, evenings and hours between classes researching, soliciting funds and building what they say is one of the world’s most technological tiny houses.  ... Like many other tiny houses, it’s built on a six-wheel trailer and can be moved from place to place. It’s also a model of efficiency and sustainability....

Last-minute change possible for Ford-site plan: low-cost housing for the very poor

Edit Pioneer Press 27 Sep 2017
The city’s master plan calls for up to 800 housing units, or 20 percent of the future residential construction at the Ford site, to be affordable to low-to-middle income wage earners. The plan specifies that 10 percent of the future housing units be affordable to moderate-income residents earning up to 60 percent of area median income, or about $39,400 for a family of four....

House investigators demand details on Trump advisers' private emails

Edit Daily Camera 27 Sep 2017
WASHINGTON — A top House Republican has demanded details on the use of private emails by some of President Donald Trump's closest advisers ... The New York Times reports that at least six of Trump's closest advisers, including Kushner, Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus, used private email to discuss White House matters. Bannon and Priebus no longer work at the White House....

Councillor calls for action on illegal rubbish dumping in south Auckland

Edit Stuff 27 Sep 2017
Housing NZ is providing the larger bins to all of its properties in south Auckland that have four or more bedrooms ... The problem is worse in neighbourhoods with a high concentration of Housing NZ properties, he says. "Many Housing NZ properties in parts of my ward are overcrowded and residents are generating far more than 120 litres of rubbish each week....

Kushner's Attorney asked to field question about Porn in WH email..

Edit Democratic Underground 27 Sep 2017
Politico reported on Sunday that Kushner had used a private email address to communicate with top White House officials, including the former chief of staff Reince Priebus and former chief strategist Steve Bannon ... "I think one was forwarded from a White House official, we had discussed a shared interest of sorts," the prankster said ... None of those are going anywhere."....

Las Vegas, Detroit elbow ahead of Denver on home price index

Edit Denver Post 27 Sep 2017
September 12, 2017 Final phase of Aurora’s largest senior affordable housing site expands complex access to families with children September 7, 2017 Lakewood measure to limit housing growth could be kept off ballot over missing “oath” September 7, 2017 Metro Denver housing market’s summer slide extends into August....

Trump, GOP weigh surtax on wealthy, doubled deduction

Edit Fayetteville Observer 27 Sep 2017
They spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement ... He said the majority of Americans would be able to file their taxes on a single page ... He sat with several members of the House Ways and Means Committee, including its chairman, Rep ... Republicans are divided over the potential elimination of some of the deductions, underscoring the difficulty of overhauling the tax code even with GOP control of the House and Senate....
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