Movin’ on… Down
Photo by Richard Eriksson via flickr.com. Thinking about moving conjures images of moving up—for a better job, a cooler city, or even that deluxe apartment in the sky. However, a recent article from...
View ArticleLittle Pink Subprimes
Photo by Kristine Lewis via flickr.com. For many, the “American Dream” means owning a comfortable home in a nice neighborhood, and that idea brings a certain Mellencamp tune to mind. The song nods to a...
View ArticleMovin’ on Up? From the Projects to the Suburbs
Photo by Danny Fowler via flickr.com The causes and effects of concentrated black poverty in urban neighborhoods came to the forefront of the internet over the past couple weeks, with Ta-Nehisi Coates...
View ArticleCivil Rights for the Poor
For many, the “American Dream” seems beyond possibility. Zhang Yu, Flickr CC. Work by Harvard University’s Robert Putnam and Princeton’s Doug Massey was featured in a recent article in The Atlantic,...
View ArticleA Decade of Housing Occupation in Turin’s Olympic Village
Turin’s Olympic Village in 2005, before the athletes arrived. Marco Scala, Flickr CC. Ever wonder what happens to Olympic villages once the athletes and spectators leave? Some thrive, and some end up...
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