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Friday news roundup 1/17/14

John Hankins, right, who repaired intercontinental ballistic missiles for the Air Force, played chess with William Godwin as Gary Workman watched. All three veterans were considered chronically homeless but are now living in Victory Place, an apartment complex in Phoenix. (Samantha Sais / New York Times) John Hankins, right, who repaired intercontinental ballistic missiles for the Air Force, played chess with William Godwin as Gary Workman watched. All three veterans were considered chronically homeless but are now living in Victory Place, an apartment complex in Phoenix.
(Samantha Sais / New York Times)

GoSection8.com: Go8 partners with Apartments.com, doubles available inventory of apartments and Section 8 rental listings

The HUDdle: Expanding opportunities to create strong local economies

MetroTrends: How homelessness continues to decline despite the affordable housing crisis

NCSHA: Congress passes FY 2014 omnibus appropriations bill

New York Times: Phoenix is the first community in the country to end homelessness among veterans (for further discussion from the Urban Institute, go here)

Next City: Marco Rubio’s War on Poverty includes taking money from poor people

NHC: More than 25% of low- and moderate-income renters in the U.S. spend more than half of their income on housing costs

NLIHC: In 1974, when the National Low Income Housing Coalition was founded, the official poverty rate in the United States was 11.2%; today it is 15%

Off the Charts: Funding bill stops the bleeding, but low-income housing still needs intensive care

Roll Call: Good public policy demands that Congress restore funding to HCV program

Rooflines: A compelling case for federal intervention to prevent displacement

Wall Street Journal (via Planetizen): NYC lost 40% of its affordable housing over the last decade