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Housing programs to get federal watchdog. [Post]

SEIU rents space for Occupy D.C. [Examiner]

Awesome. More tourists. [Examiner]

C.A.T. Walk takes a hike. [PoP]

Savior for independent bookstores: Booze! [PoP]

The Architects’ impending facelift. [DCMetrocentric]

It’s true, gas-powered leaf blowers are terrible. [DCist]

A different kind of real estate firm. [Bloomingdale]

Housing burdens are a function of income as much as price. [R.U.SeriousingMe]

Gotta love these guys for live blogging a Transportation committee meeting. [Streetsblog]

Shame on Michael Brown for being so swayed by zoning alarmists. [GGW]

Today on the market: Live in an autobody shop.