<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Affordable Housing</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/housing?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><description>Affordable Housing</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[In a Loudoun Rental House, 13's a Crowd]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40447-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40447-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A raid in Loudoun stemmed from growing complaints about large groups of people packing into homes and apartments meant for one family.]]></description><author> Michael Laris</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housing Help Shrinking]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10364-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10364-2005Mar5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Local governments face large shortfalls in their subsidized housing voucher programs under proposed White House cuts.]]></description><author> Nancy Trejos</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housing Aid Dwindles]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2923-2004Oct2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2923-2004Oct2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Across the Washington region and the nation, housing authorities say they are being forced to increase the burden on low-income renters.]]></description><author> Mary Otto</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disabled, Not Confined]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28801-2004Jul30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28801-2004Jul30.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland allows federally subsidized nursing home residents ages 18 to 59 to opt for care in their own homes, part of a wider trend toward giving the disabled more options to live in the community.]]></description><author> Mary Otto</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Doors Closing on Working Poor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46532-2003Aug11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46532-2003Aug11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[No longer valued as a solution to the affordable housing problem, surburban garden apartments are more often seen as a scourge, breeding crime and poverty in Washington's increasingly affluent suburbs.]]></description><author> Mary Otto</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homes of Their Own]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31278-2002Dec23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31278-2002Dec23.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More people with low and modest incomes are buying homes in the Washington area, one of the nation's priciest housing markets, a trend that carries both promise and risk.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housing Lottery Helps Some Beat the Odds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28011-2002Nov22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28011-2002Nov22.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Aaron Fisher wasn't asking for much: a modest place, maybe with a spare bedroom, in a safe, quiet neighborhood near the Laurel schools where he teaches music. On his $38,000-a-year teacher's salary and evening job in the mall, he figured he could afford about $150,000.]]></description><author> Christian Davenport</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housing Vouchers No Magic Key]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43828-2002Aug4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43828-2002Aug4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When high housing costs leave low-income families struggling to find a decent place to live, the largest federal program to help them is itself seriously strained.]]></description><author> Fredrick Kunkle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crowded Houses in Pricey Suburbia]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24439-2002May2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24439-2002May2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Homes in suburban communities are being filled with extended families of immigrants, pitting them against neighbors who fear property values will decline.]]></description><author> Jo Becker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity Feeds Housing Pinch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39269-2002Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39269-2002Mar16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/housing</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:44:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The rapid escalation of housing prices in the Washington area is devastating thousands of working families.]]></description><author> Peter Whoriskey</author></item></channel></rss>