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HUD Report Shows Recent Gains Reverse Long-Term Declines in Homelessness

By Jon Anderson / December 20, 2018 /

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released their 2018 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) that’s sent to Congress. The most striking thing about the report is how much it seems to take credit for the Obama (and Bush) eras while downplaying the Trump administration’s failings. While HUD crows about homelessness decreasing…

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Presidents Day and Street Names: Values Higher on Daria Than (Reduced) Clinton

By Candy Evans / February 17, 2014 /

Our friends at Zillow cannot get the prices of Texas homes right, but they sure can analyze data. Because when it comes to data, they have a whole lot! For Presidents Day, Zillow analyzed home values nation-wide located on streets named after presidents. The point was to see if home values increased at all on…

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Former President George W. Bush: "My Job Became Clarified That Minute in That Classroom. That Is, To Protect the Homeland"

By Candy Evans / April 26, 2013 /

When George and Laura Bush bought their home on Daria Drive five years ago, we debated over and over what their presence would do to the Dallas real estate market. Some said values on Daria Drive would plummet. Some said people would move out, fearing security issues. Others said the street and entire Preston Hollow…

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Former President George W. Bush: “My Job Became Clarified That Minute in That Classroom. That Is, To Protect the Homeland”

By Candy Evans / April 26, 2013 /

When George and Laura Bush bought their home on Daria Drive five years ago, we debated over and over what their presence would do to the Dallas real estate market. Some said values on Daria Drive would plummet. Some said people would move out, fearing security issues. Others said the street and entire Preston Hollow…

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What Would the (Purported) Secession of Texas From The U.S. Mean to Texas Real Estate Values?

By Candy Evans / November 13, 2012 /

Update 11/13: UnFair Park has a list of questions to be answered before we secede. Surely you have heard of Micah H., an Arlington resident, who has petitioned the United States of America, technically the newly elected President of the United States, for permission to remove Texas from the rest of the country. In other words, secede, just like I want to do with Preston Hollow. Apparently if he gets 25,000 signatures within 30 days — which he has — this gets serious: a response is required by the White House. (What might President Obama say? How about “hell no!”) In Micah’s words:

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