housing
How redlining led to rioting: Police and segregation
September 29, 2015A hundred years ago, St. Louis and Baltimore adopted ordinances prohibiting African Americans from moving to blocks where whites predominated.
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The fight for affordable housing rages in New York
June 23, 2015The rent stabilization program was allowed to expire and over 1 million households are now at risk of being priced out when their leases go up for renewal.
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New York City facing the crisis of affordable housing
March 4, 2015In New York, it's truly a tale of two cities: a city of the very rich, growing richer, and the poor, who are growing poorer.
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San Jose coalition for affordable housing wins big
November 26, 2014San Jose, which advertises itself as "the capital of Silicon Valley," has one of the highest housing costs in the nation, as well as - not coincidentally - one of the highest rates of homelessness.
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“The Tower of David” and Venezuela’s housing revolution
August 25, 2014Known in the neighborhood as the Tower of David, this skyscraper has a radical story taking place behind the tower's walls.
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