Politics News & Analysis: Sellers score, District loses in affordable-housing deal

Monday, 16 May 2011 by IrwanKch
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 3: Day 2. Andre Wallis spends the night with his son Devin on December 3, 2010 Andre was spending the night with his son at his ex wife's apartment in DC. She was not there. Andre and his family were evicted from the Jasper Place Apartments. The federal government squandered millions on stalled or abandoned affordable-housing projects and failed to crack down on derelict developers or the local housing agencies that funded them. (Photo by Tracy A Woodward/The Washington Post)

Sellers score, District loses in affordable-housing deal

Debbie Cenziper

Real estate speculators profited — and District taxpayers lost millions — when an affordable-housing deal fell apart.

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MANCHESTER, NH - FILE: Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich speaks at the New Hampshire Republican Party's 'Live Free or Die Speaker Series' at Piccolo Italia Ristorante April 20, 2011 in Manchester, New Hampshire. According to reports May 9, 2011, a spokesman for Gingrich said that the former Speaker of the House will announce via Facebook and Twitter on May 11, that he will run for U.S. President. (Photo by Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images)

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