Experts say that no more than one-third of your income should go to pay for housing. People with lower incomes can have a finding decent housing if they follow this advice. Fortunately, the government has programs to help. This Somali language show provides information about ways to find affordable housing and how to find government assistance if you need it.
inflation.us Sign Up today to find out how you can prepare for the upcoming collapse! Chaos: 30000 near Atlanta seek place on rent-aid wait list content.usatoday.com Today outside Atlanta, an estimated 30000 people waited for hours in a broiling parking lot for the chance to get on a waiting list for federal help paying rent. News outlets report it was chaos outside the East Point Housing Authority, as tempers and temperatures flared. Georgia city taking measures to avoid housing sign-up chaos www.cnn.com Thursday, people returned the filled-out applications for housing assistance. And officials used a different procedure in the hope of keeping order. Housing authority officials and police were accepting forms as applicants drove by. Those not in cars could walk up to tables where officials accepted the forms. A steady stream of cars and some foot traffic was evident, but not the craziness of Wednesday, when the applications were distributed. Video: A shot at housing “As soon as the doors were opened panic ensued,” the East Point Fire Department said in a news release. Riot at East Point: A Sign of the Times blogs.alternet.org We can watch the stock market go up and down, listen to the Fed Chairman spout nonsense, and amuse ourselves with thoughts of a recovery. But the real US economy is found in the streets of America. Occasionally things get so bad that the media takes notice. Recently many of the citizens of East Point, outside of Atlanta Georgia, were caught up in a …