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2/25/2005

 

Bush Cuts for DDD and Disability
from skippy's blog, this is only a tiny bit of the detail most of the public will not know about. Think of how this will affect the already-meager supply of low-income housing for those with disabilities!

with little fanfare, the bush administration is proposing to stop financing the construction of new housing for the mentally ill and physically handicapped as part of a 50 percent cut in its housing budget for people with disabilities. the proposal, which has been overshadowed by the administration's plans to shrink its community development programs, affects what is known as the section 811 program. since 1998, section 811 has helped nonprofit developers produce more than 11,000 units of housing for low-income people with disabilities, including more than 700 in new york state. until now, section 811 has provided equal amounts each year, roughly, for financing for new construction, and rent subsidies for disabled tenants. but under the 2006 budget proposal, the capital allocation would be eliminated and the overall budget would shrink by half, to $120 million from $238 million. ...the federal government would discontinue financing housing for people with spinal cord injuries or psychiatric illnesses who are not necessarily homeless but may live in nursing homes or psychiatric hospitals. by relying exclusively on vouchers, the federal government would essentially be lumping these people with able-bodied section 8 recipients in competing for some of the same apartments. - nytimes

BJ 2/25/2005 09:19:00 AM

2/22/2005

 

FREE MOJTABA AND ARASH DAY

This is posted as written from the website sponsoring this day - bloggers everywhere should have protections for opinions posted in their blogs! It is a freedom of thought issue in the main, and one of the few global freedoms human beings have and should be respected, not crushed.

Today is Free Mojtaba and Arash Day in honor of the two Iranian bloggers currently incarcerated by the Iranian government. Read about Arash and Mojtaba - http://committeetoprotectbloggers.blogspot.com/2005/01/arash-sigarchi-has-been-arrested.html http://committeetoprotectbloggers.blogspot.com/2005/02/more-details-on-mojtabas-arrest.html Here is what you can do. With additional contact information. http://committeetoprotectbloggers.blogspot.com/2005/01/committee-to-protect-bloggers_20.html We have already had a tremendous response, including encouragement and thanks from bloggers in Iran. Let's make a difference today. Freedom of speech is not a partisan issue, not an issue of culture or ethnicity, it is a bloggers' issue and a human issue. posted by Committee to Protect Bloggers http://committeetoprotectbloggers.blogspot.com/

BJ 2/22/2005 12:03:00 AM