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Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2015, 11:01 PM Jul 2015

Obama launches project for more broadband in public housing

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

WASHINGTON/DURANT, Okla. (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama announced a pilot project on Wednesday aimed at expanding broadband access for people who live in public housing, part of an effort to close what Obama called the "digital divide" between rich and poor.

Eight Internet service providers, including Google Inc and Sprint Corp, have signed on to make the Internet cheaper and more accessible in 27 cities and the Choctaw Tribal Nation in Durant, Oklahoma.

Private and public institutions have pledged to invest $70 million in the plan. The federal government is only contributing $50,000, Julian Castro, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, told reporters on a conference call.

The initiative will reach 275,000 households with almost 200,000 children.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-launches-project-more-broadband-public-housing-001136697--finance.html

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Obama launches project for more broadband in public housing (Original Post) Little Tich Jul 2015 OP

And what about computers?? Do you exempt from attachment? happyslug Jul 2015 #1

K&R, This is very important. JDPriestly Jul 2015 #2

happyslug

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1. And what about computers?? Do you exempt from attachment?

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Thu Jul 16, 2015, 01:35 AM

Jul 2015

One of the biggest problems with low income people is that in many states the exemptions from an execution sale are very low. In my home state you can keep you personal clothing and $300 in other items, but the Sheriff can sell everything else. Do you want to keep your computer OR your kitchen ware? Do you want to keep you Computer for the Kid's education or your automobile to go to and from work? I notice this issue is not even being discussed, but a lot of people are in public housing do to low income, and that tends to leave them owning former landlords money, money such landlord can reduce to judgement and then execute on that judgement by having the Sheriff sale the assets of the former tenant up to any state exemption.

JDPriestly

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2. K&R, This is very important.

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Mon Jul 20, 2015, 04:17 AM

Jul 2015

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