affordable housing
Wall Street took over my mobile home park
October 19, 2021Mobile homes provide affordable housing for millions. But for private equity firms, they’re just another asset to squeeze for profit.
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The corporate takeover of Detroit homes
June 29, 2021Out-of-state investors are buying up houses in large quantities in the metro Detroit area - 50 to 200 at a time.
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Brookland Manor, D.C.’s largest affordable housing community, is under attack
August 18, 2020MidCity Financial, the corporate real-estate firm that is the developer and owner of the property where Brookland Manor is located, has been pushing a redevelopment plan—and pushing residents out—since 2014.
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“The Bronx is ready to fight” for affordable housing
October 4, 2016Bronx residents mobilized to resist a development plan that threatens to displace an entire neighborhood.
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Coming up short on places to live
June 10, 2016What about the people who have to work 92 hours a week at minimum-wage jobs to rent a one-bedroom apt. in California? Shouldn't they have a decent place to live?
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