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Sign of the times.(Making A Difference)
For more than a decade, Johnie Heard of Taylor, Michigan, has lived in low-income government housing owned by the city. She tends children in her home for a living. After Heard began displaying in one of her windows an 8-inch sign with the inscription "24 Hr. Prayer Station," the housing authorities ordered it removed. The authorities balked at the small placard's religious overtones, though they allowed other residents to display secular signs relating to holidays, sports teams and sundry other subjects.
When Heard declined to remove her "Prayer Station" sign, eviction proceedings were initiated against her. Though the city eventually abandoned its attempt to evict Heard, she sought legal help and filed a lawsuit claiming that the Housing Authority had violated both her ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 3, 2000 700+ words
...begin the takeover of the Beaumont Housing Authority in Beaumont, Texas. The U.S...of actions taken by the Beaumont Housing Authority to address ongoing problems. Those...also send a clear message to every housing authority in the nation -- that HUD has zero...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Sign of the times.(Making A Difference)