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Memoriam
BIRTHDAY MEMORIAM
National
MR. FREDDIE JEFFERY, JR.
Our son, Freddie Jeffery, Jr., a.k.a., Fast Superman, we want to wish him a happy birthday. We love you, son, brother, uncle and friend. Always in our heart.
Love you, Miss Tee and Rupert.
Woman Arrested After Toddlers Found Tied Up Outside
SAN ANTONIO, TX -- A pregnant Texas woman was ar- rested after police found two toddlers chained and leashed outside the woman's San Anto- nio home.
According to San-Antonio Express News, Porucha Denise Phillips, 34, the preg- nant mother of six children, was arrested and charged with two felony charges on two counts of injury to a child by omission after a neighbor called and reported hearing scream-
Porucha Phillips is in police custody.
ing coming from the woman's backyard. When police arrived they reportedly found a 3-year- old girl tied to a door with a leash and a 2-year-old boy who was chained up in the back yard.
All eight children were taken into custody; the two children, who are not believed to be Phillips biological children, were taken to a local hospital.
Both of them were dehy- drated, had old bruises and new bruises, several scratches.
Report: Low Income Blacks And Latinos Devote 3xs More Income On Utilities Than Others
WASHINGTON, DC — An “energy burden” review of 48 major U. S. metropolitan areas finds that low-income house- holds devote up to three times as much income to energy costs as do other, higher-income households.
The new report from the American Council for an En- ergy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and the Energy Effi- ciency for All (EEFA) coalition also finds that African-Ameri- can and Latino households spend disproportionate amounts of their income on en- ergy and that more energy effi- ciency measures would help close the gap by at least one- third.
On average, low-income households pay 7.2% of house- hold income on utilities – more than three times the amount that higher income households
pay (2.3%).
Energy burdens were found
to be greatest for low-income households in the following 10 major cities: Memphis (13.2% of income), Birmingham (10.9%), Atlanta (10.2%), New Orleans (9.8%), Providence (9.5%), Pittsburgh (9.4%), Dal- las (8.8%), Philadelphia (8.8%), Kansas City (8.5%), and Cleveland (8.5%).
For African-American
households, the cities with the greatest energy burdens were: Memphis, Pittsburgh, New Or- leans, Kansas City, Birming- ham, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and At- lanta.
Latino households experi- ence the greatest energy bur- dens in: Memphis, Providence, Philadelphia, Kansas City, At- lanta, Birmingham, Phoenix, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Detroit.
DEATH LIST
AIKENS FUNERAL HOME
Mrs. Hattie Diggs, Tampa.
Mr. Kenneth Haywood, Tampa. Mr. Abdur Rahim Abdullah, a.k.a.,
Farland, Tampa.
Mrs. Hattie Stephens, Tampa.
Curtis Mc-
GUDES FUNERAL HOME Ms. Azziza Ahemed, Safety Harbor, FL.
Donald James, Jr., Tampa.
JACKSON FUNERAL HOME Mr. Edwin Sein.
Mr. James Simmons.
RAY WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME Vishon Albury, Tampa.
Robbie Burney, Tampa.
John D. Hagins, Tampa.
Toni Wallace, Clearwater, FL.
WILSON FUNERAL HOME Mr. Ronald Baker, Tampa.
Mr. Eddie M. Bellamy, Tampa.
Ms. Marie Castel, Tampa.
Mrs. Eva J. Holloman, Brandon, FL. Mr. John Houston, Tampa.
Mrs. Ruby L. Pouchie, Tampa.
Mrs. Arsie L. Sims Brandon, FL.
HUD Will Sue Landlords For Turning Down Tenants With Criminal Record
In a new guidance released early April, the HUD tells land- lords and home sellers that turning down an applicant be- cause of their criminal history is illegal and violates the Fair Housing Act.
Even though those with criminal records are not pro- tected under the Fair Housing Act, blanket policies of refusing to rent to anyone with a crimi- nal past is de facto discrimina- tion because of the systemic disparities of the American criminal justice system.
HUD’s new ruling warns that even though landlords may not have the intentions of being discriminatory, such policies would have a dispro- portionate impact on African Americans and Hispanics.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is now making it easier for those with a criminal record to find a home.
Housing Secretary Julian Castro reports to NPR, “When landlords refuse to rent to any- one who has an arrest record, they effectively bar the door to millions of folks of color for no good reason.”
African-American men are imprisoned at a rate of nearly six times that of white men, and Hispanic men are arrested at nearly double that of white men.
Although HUD has released new guidelines, they are also a part of the problem. No hous- ing assistance is readily avail- able through HUD if a person is a convicted felon. And, HUD has systematically worked to get out of the housing business as we know it. Public Housing units are disappearing in large numbers, with the land being turned over or sold to banks and private developers.
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