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He has voted for bills protecting the environment, subsidising health care for the working disabled and securing low-rent housing for the poor.
ECONOMIST: Romancing the Apple
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The government provides low-rent public housing for the poor as well as virtually free health care, and local people are reluctant to share such benefits with newcomers.
WSJ: Review & Outlook: The Lesson of Hong Kong's Maids
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Rangel deprived his own low-income constituents of affordable housing by accepting four rent-stabilized apartments for his own use.
FORBES: Rangel, Rattner Deserve To Share A Prison Cell
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They gave almost 10 percent of the people -- low-income, working people -- two months free rent in public housing.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing with President Obama and President Clinton
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The usual argument for rent controls is that New York has a very low housing-vacancy rate (4%) and that the only way to ensure the availability of affordable homes in such a tight market and to prevent tenants from being evicted in favour of new, higher-paying occupants is to regulate rents.
ECONOMIST: New York��s housing market
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Fewer homes were also built using cash from the Scottish government's affordable housing supply programme, which helps provide properties for low-cost rent or ownership, with 6, 882 completed in 2011-12.
BBC: Scottish new builds increase for first time in five years
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The other thing we have to do is, yes, less income households probably should have help with their rent, and we have dramatically cut the programs that assist low-income households from getting access to affordable rental housing.
NPR: A Closer Look: Helping the Working Poor