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Housing
For People of Color, Banks Are Shutting the Door to Homeownership
African Americans and Latinos continue to be routinely denied conventional mortgage loans.
What Happens When Wall Street Becomes Your Landlord?
Private equity firms are turning the dream of home ownership into a nightmare for renters.
How Tenants Use Digital Mapping to Track Bad Landlords and Gentrification
In social justice cartography, the technology is being harnessed for activism as it becomes more accessible.
Dean Baker | Bubbles: Are They Back?
There is little reason to think that the economy is threatened by the risk of collapsing bubbles at the moment.
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An Affordable Housing Movement Is Rising From the Wreckage of the Foreclosure Crisis
Activists staged actions in 45 cities to draw attention to predatory rent practices.
An Obscure Rule Change Could Legalize Housing Discrimination Again
Trump's administration is trying to roll back decades of progress in enforcing civil rights.
How “Blight” Is Used to Justify Housing Demolition in Detroit
Blight is a profitable word for some in Detroit.
How Many More “500-Year Storms” Will People Endure Before They Start Abandoning Coastal Cities?
Should homeowners in coastal towns rebuild or retreat?
How One Program Gives Federal Property to Groups Helping Homeless People
With so many cut to programs that help the poor, it's be a good thing the federal government is unaware of this program.
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The Homewreckers: How Trump Cronies Are Sabotaging the American Dream
Could this be the end of homeownership as we know it?