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Housing fit for living |
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By SuperUser Account on
12/16/2006
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Alabama has many housing units in unfit condition. Often, poor tenants are at the mercy of landlords, who aren't required by state law to maintain their rental property in habitable condition, with working electrical, heating and plumbing systems and roofs that don't leak. The landlord-tenant bill proposed for Alabama would define the rights and responsibilities of both tenants and landlords.
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Judge Steps Down to Head Pro Bono Group |
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By SuperUser Account on
11/12/2006
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Judge Sharon Nelson Hill has ended her 8-year tenure at the Fulton County Juvenile Court to become the first executive director of the Georgia Appleseed Center.The office Hill will run is the 18th branch of the Appleseed Foundation, which coordinates pro bono work and develops programs to target specific needs in communities
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Opinion: Pocketfuls of Fear |
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By SuperUser Account on
5/14/2006
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If a famous baseball player who will earn $4 million this season is relying on Money Mart rather than his corner bank, we cannot fairly expect the nation's other 20 million immigrants to do it any differently.
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Nonprofit Says Reaching Latinos Takes Creativity |
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By SuperUser Account on
3/10/2006
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Immigrants from Latin America are the nation's the fastest-growing group, but many banks are just now seeing demographic changes in their markets. It is those banks that Appleseed, a nonprofit policy organization in Washington, wants to educate. Last month it published a 39-page guide on how to market financial services to Hispanics.
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New Partnerships Created To Assist Hurricane Victims; |
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By SuperUser Account on
2/13/2006
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A lend-a-lawyer program unveiled by Texas Appleseed and the Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation (TEAJF) in January will help legal aid programs provide those services to hurricane victims. A new fellow at Texas Appleseed will be responsible for coordinating the lend-a-lawyer program.
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Medicaid reforms taking shape amid criticism |
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By SuperUser Account on
2/3/2006
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Governor Mark Sanford says change is on the way for those on Medicaid. But there are more questions about efforts to reform the program and cut state spending. Sue Berkowitz of the Appleseed Legal Center says, "By just making changes to the Medicaid program, that's not going to solve the other problems we have with 850,000 people who can't access affordable health care."
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Coalition backs immigration reform |
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By SuperUser Account on
1/30/2006
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About 75 people, from immigrant moms to established businessmen, were urged Wednesday to form a unified front in the battle to change U.S. immigration laws.
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