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...population will pay the full market rate; 20% will pay up to one-third of their monthly income; and 30% will be former public-housing tenants who also will pay no more than one-third of their income. Harper, who was laid off from her job as a temp at the post office six months ago and is now looking for work, pays $700 a month. As her daughter Shalonda, 10, and son Samuel, 8, play in the apartment, Harper explains that "if you venture a couple blocks away from here, you see the same bad stuff--drugs and gangs...
LIVING ROOM COUCH—At the dawn of summer freedom, I thought that fulfillment would come from an internship or a temp job and a few weekends at the beach. I had no idea that I would also spend the next three months destroying mythical monsters, cavorting with Greek gods and repeatedly saving the world from the schemes of a mad scientist...
...both Safe Horizon and FEMA, local workers were hired quickly in the first few weeks after the attacks, often from job fairs and temp agencies. The former assistance worker says he became "disheartened" by an atmosphere at the centers in which staffers would stuff prepaid phone cards intended for victims into their FEMA aprons and in which computers and other equipment available only to employees turned up missing. This worker, like many among the center staff, was let go when the tide of aid applicants slowed this spring...
Retirees who work by choice have advantages that can ease the strains of being a temp. Whereas younger workers see uncertainty between jobs, older workers often see flexibility and free time. Since many are covered by health plans from previous jobs, they are immune to the fears of lost medical benefits. And although older temps may make less money than they did during their careers, their earnings often supplement retirement incomes. High-level executives average six months of work a year with average earnings of $135,000 a year when placed by IMCOR, the Stamford, Conn., placement company that pioneered...
Terry Casto, 54, acted quickly when he retired as chief pilot and interim aviation director at AT&T. Since he had hired temp pilots from Corporate Aviators in Newtown, Conn., he called there. Now he lives--temporarily--in Charlotte, N.C., beefing up a large corporate flight department and earning 1 1/2 times his old salary. When time permits, he and his wife Karen go boating: Hilton Head in winter, Chesapeake Bay in summer. Says Casto: "I'm kind of in the catbird seat." There might be room...