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        <title>U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harford receives more federal funds to help its homeless population]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/ph-ag-hud-fund-increase-20130523,0,7868897.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-23 15:52:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Harford County was recently awarded nearly $867,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Continuum of Care, or CoC, Program to help homeless people find shelter and other services. 

The funding increased about 6...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Veterans, advocates brace for cutbacks]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-bz-veterans-assistance-20130517,0,7151579.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training's Baltimore complex is full of neatly made beds and shining-clean floors, a military-like environment for homeless former service members working to get their lives back on track.

Its executive...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[City to lose federal housing workers]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-md-hud-office-closing-20130515,0,3167581.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-15 17:24:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Nearly three dozen workers at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development office in Baltimore &mdash; roughly a third of the agency's workforce in Maryland &mdash; are being forced to transfer out of state or take a buyout. 

The choice, which...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Same speculation, different styles for O'Malley, Cuomo]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-md-omalley-versus-cuomo-20130518,0,4570388.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-18 11:52:11</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[By the time Gov. Martin O'Malley left the Democratic convention last fall, he had schmoozed with party leaders from Iowa, spoken to potential donors and hosted swanky parties that kept delegates entertained into the next morning &#8212; efforts that...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Federal innovation a matter of perspective]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-md-federal-innovation-20130508,0,5672955.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-08 20:17:24</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The federal government has an innovation problem &#8212; or does it?

The answer depends on whom you ask.

Federal employees surveyed over the past three years have had a declining view of government innovation. But that doesn't mean Uncle Sam doesn't...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[How the welfare state has grown &#8212; and sapped America's economy and culture]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-ed-ehrlich-welfare-state-20130407,0,3126268.column?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-07 05:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA["I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." &mdash; Thomas Jefferson 

My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sequester cuts into Section 8 funding]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/ph-ho-cf-voucher-program-0328-20130325,0,7437697.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-26 05:42:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If the federal sequester remains in place, families in Section 8 housing in Howard County might have to begin paying more by mid-2014. 

The Howard County Housing Commission has been informed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Md. will receive $8.6 million more in Sandy aid]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bal-md-will-receive-86-million-more-in-sandy-aid-20130206,0,6359122.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-06 08:29:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Maryland communities affected by Super Storm Sandy will receive $8.6 million in federal funding under an emergency spending measure approved by Congress last month. 

The money, which is in addition to the roughly $1.5 million in assistance the federal...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rottweiler dispute resolved in Howard]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-md-ho-rottweiler-resolution-20121217,0,1929420.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-12-19 14:49:28</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Hazel Sanders and her Rottweiler service dog, Jurnee, are preparing to move into an apartment she can afford after the management company agreed to drop objections based on the Maryland Court of Appeals decision earlier this year defining pit bulls as...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study concludes FHA lending practices in Baltimore area could lead to high foreclosure rates]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-bz-fha-foreclosures-20121215,0,6673191.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-12-16 10:53:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Homes with federally insured mortgages &mdash; afforded to mostly lower-income borrowers &mdash; are expected to see a spike in foreclosures because of dicey lending practices, according to a recent study. 

More than a dozen ZIP codes in the Baltimore...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[House-flipping waiver is extended]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-12-31 15:55:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Federal officials have extended a regulatory waiver that makes it easier to "flip" properties &mdash; a move meant to encourage the renovation of foreclosed homes but that critics say could herald the return of predatory schemes. 

The Federal Housing...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senators challenge federal denial of aid to Marylanders hit by Sandy]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-md-fema-hearing-20121205,0,6436155.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-12-05 15:32:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[U.S. Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin publicly challenged on Wednesday a federal decision not to provide aid to Maryland residents affected by Hurricane Sandy &mdash; calling on President Barack Obama and federal emergency officials to rethink the...]]></description>
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