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Homes for Working Families is using its voice to sound the alarm among employers, civic leaders and policy-makers, and encouraging them to learn more, act now and help advance policies that will protect working families from disproportionately high home costs. Using news media outlets, we are working to shed light on the buried home affordability issue.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; February 16, 2008
Harley-Davidson Lauded for Home Effort (PDF)
The Providence Journal; February 14, 2008
Citizens Financial, CVS Caremark Recognized (PDF)
The Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, GA); February 13, 2008
Aflac's Employer-Assisted Housing Program Praised (PDF)
Workforce Management; February 12, 2008
Companies Offer Housing Assistance to Retain Employees (PDF)
Providence Business News; February 12, 2008
CVS, Citizens Honored for Employee Housing Plans (PDF)
Newsday; February 11, 2008
Northrop Grumman Wins Affordable Housing Award (PDF)
SearchChicago Homes; February 5, 2008
Shut Out from Home Buying? You're Not Alone (PDF)
Kansas City Infozine and Axcess News Service; February 5, 2008
Fall in Real Estate Prices Unlikely to Help Middle-Income Home Buyers (PDF)
Miami Herald; February 4, 2008
Miami Low in Housing Study (PDF)
Baltimore Sun; February 3, 2008
Another Look at Affordability (PDF)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; February 1, 2008
Affordability Woes (PDF)
MarketWatch; February 1, 2008
Two Separate Reports on Housing Affordability Came Out This Week and They Both Had a Similar Conclusion: While Home Prices are Dropping in Many Parts of The Country, Affordability Has Improved Only Modestly (PDF)
Santa Rosa Press Democrat; February 1, 2008
County Homes Rank 5th-Least Affordable (PDF)
Crain's Chicago Business; January 31, 2008
Home Affordability Improves Slightly in Chicago Area (PDF)
Inman News Service; January 31, 2008
Middle-Income Households Still Struggle With Affordable Housing (PDF)
Chicago Sun-Times; April 28, 2007
Affordability Gap Destroying Dream of Owning Home (PDF)
Henry G. Cisneros and Stephen Goldsmith
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, Calif.);
April 30, 2007
Letter to the Editor; Homeownership Dream Becomes a Nightmare (PDF)
Beverly L. Barnes
Charlotte Observer; May 5, 2007
Letter to the Editor; Region Threatened by Affordability Gap (PDF)
Beverly L. Barnes
The News Journal (Wilmington, Del.); June 10, 2007
Public Employees Priced Out of Beach (PDF)
Chicago Sun-Times; June 22, 2007
Affordability Gap Stretched; Nonprofit Group Prepares Guidebook with Suggestions (PDF)
New Orleans CityBusiness; July 23, 2007
Nonprofit Group Spotlights Crippling Nationwide Home Affordability Gap (PDF)
Education Week; August 15, 2007
Housing Aid Offered to Stop Enrollment Decline (PDF)
The Miami Herald; September 17, 2007
Group Raising Awareness of Housing Costs (PDF)
Kathryn St. John
