The Department of Housing and Urban Development, often called HUD, announced Thursday it will expand their enforcement of the Fair Housing Act to provide protections to LGBTQ persons.
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In December 2016, a month before Donald Trumpâs inauguration, I wrote a column that I called âInvasion of the Agency Snatchers.â The reference was to the great 1956 science fiction film âInvasion of the Body Snatchers,â in which a truckload of giant vegetable pods arrives in a typical American town. Each pod takes over the identity of a local inhabitant, erasing everything that made the person human while maintaining a perfectly preserved outward appearance.
Many viewers interpreted the movie as a political allegory. Some saw Communism, some McCarthyism. I saw the Trump cabinet, then in formation.
Lower Hutt woman who starved horse banned from owning animals for 10 years
10 Feb, 2021 01:42 AM
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Tania Harrison appeared in court today for sentencing on a charge of reckless ill-treatment of an animal. Photo / File
Tania Harrison appeared in court today for sentencing on a charge of reckless ill-treatment of an animal. Photo / File
A Lower Hutt woman who starved a horse for several weeks until it was too weak to even be led away by an SPCA inspector has been denied a discharge without conviction.
Tania Harrison appeared in the Hutt Valley District Court this afternoon where her lawyer argued she shouldn t receive a conviction for the offending because it would affect her ability to maintain or get a job in the future.
Indiana Senior Community Lands $24M HUD Loan
The 220-unit property in Elkhart, Ind., offers independent living, assisted living, memory care and rehabilitation services. Feb102021
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The non-for-profit Hubbard Hill Retirement Community in Elkhart, Ind., has received a $23.9 million in HUD-insured refinancing, provided by Greystone. The recently expanded 220-unit property offers independent and assisted living, long-term skilled nursing and short-term rehab, as well as memory care services to seniors 55 and over.
The section 223(a)(7) loan has a 30-year amortization period with a low fixed-rate interest rate. The note retires a previous HUD loan and a higher-rate construction loan that backed a recent expansion plan. With the new debt in place, the property is expected to save an annual $280,000.