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Old jeans will become home insulation

Blue jeans are the common denominator of American closets, and they're being used to create cotton fiber-based insulation for Habitat for Humanity houses.

Tags: Habitat for Humanity, Frederick,

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More homeowners facing foreclosure

After enjoying months of shrinking foreclosures, it looks like the trend is over in the Washington, D.C. area. More homeowners are getting an unwanted notice that a foreclosure is looming.

Tags: foreclosures, Realty Trac

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Factor in transportation and 'burbs not as affordable

With transportation and housing costs rising faster than incomes, it might be cheaper to live closer to a city.

Tags: exurbs, sprawl & crawl, Neal Augenstein, colleen kelleher, Center for Neighborhood Technology, smart growth

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Cummings to present grants to housing groups

Tags: Elijah Cummings, Baltimore

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No housing recovery despite low Maryland foreclosures

Fewer foreclosures can still be a bad thing when many more are coming down the pike.

Tags: foreclosures, Maryland, darci marchese, Home Value Highwire

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If D.C. region wants jobs, it needs housing

If housing is where the jobs live at night, then the metro area better start building more housing -- and housing that is priced right.

Tags: Adam Tuss, John McClain, George Mason University, Center for Regional Analysis,

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