Friday news roundup 8/9/13

Bipartisan Policy Center (via NeighborWorks): Who are unconventional stakeholders who can help rally support for housing?

Brookings: Poverty grew in almost every Congressional district during the 2000s, affecting nearly equal numbers of Republican and Democratic districts

HACLA: Los Angeles public housing residents to get free internet

NHC: Typical rent for a two-bedroom is unaffordable for workers in almost 75 percent of the occupations in the 20 metropolitan areas with the most expensive rental markets

NLIHC: Response to President Obama’s housing speech in Phoenix

Off the Charts: Helping low-income renters

Rooflines: HUD's new AFFH rule: Will it work?

The White House Blog: Strengthening the middle class for African Americans through housing