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Protesters in Chicago target evictions, foreclosures (USA)

Published in Thursday May 17th, 2012 In In the media

May 16, 2012 About 150 protesters in Chicago marched to banks and government offices on Wednesday to demand a one-year moratorium on local home evictions and foreclosures, the latest in a series of demonstrations leading up to next week’s NATO summit. The protesters performed a piece of street theater at Daley Plaza featuring a bank trying […]

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Affordable housing advocates should talk about land use (USA)

Published in Friday May 11th, 2012 In Opinion

May 10, 2012 by David Alpert When discussing housing affordability, there are 2 groups of advocates who are constantly talking past each other. Affordable housing groups do not engage with the economic arguments for building more housing, while proponents of expanding the housing supply don’t spend enough time thinking about how to ensure that an […]

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New housing program for refugees settles its first family in Lakewood (USA)

Published in Monday May 7th, 2012 In In the media

May 5, 2012 A pilot program operated by two nonprofit groups to place refugees in vacant, foreclosed homes has settled its first family into a renovated house in Lakewood. Bhutanese natives Ruk and Leela Rai, along with their 3-year-old son, Anish, moved into an updated century home on Hopkins Avenue last week. Two years ago, […]

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Columbia banks work together on low-income housing (USA)

Published in Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 In In the media

April 29, 2012 Seven Columbia banks that normally compete for customers are working together to increase the number of affordable home in some of the city’s most distressed neighborhoods. The banks have built nearly 30 homes and renovated several more in the city’s First Ward since 1994 by purchasing and restoring vacant or dilapidated homes. […]

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Judge denies restraining order on closing ‘Occupy Madison’ camp (USA)

Published in Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 In In the media

April 29, 2012 A Dane County judge refused to issue a restraining order against the closing of the Occupy Madison encampment on the city’s east side. Judge Amy Smith says while Occupy Madison protesters have first amendment rights they have no special rights to camp out at the location on the 800 block of East […]

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Pa. homeless camp eviction deadline pushed back (USA)

Published in Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 In In the media

May 2nd, 2012 The eviction of a group of about 20 homeless people from a suburban Philadelphia camp has been pushed back to next week. Residents of a homeless enclave near a hospital in Bristol, Bucks County had been ordered to leave by Tuesday, but the deadline has been pushed back to May 7. After […]

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With affordable housing endangered, neighborhoods turn to land trusts (USA)

Published in Friday April 27th, 2012 In In the media

April 27, 2012 For 30 years, community organizations in the city have fought rising land prices to maintain affordable housing in their neighborhoods, often by buying, rehabbing and renting out one house at a time. Today, however, suitable houses are becoming scarce, so neighborhood activists are turning to instruments known as community land trusts. Promoted […]

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Free webinar on the rise of tent cities in the United States

Published in Thursday April 26th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

April 26ht, 2012 FREE WEBINAR Welcome Home: The Rise of Tent Cities in the United States Wednesday, May 2, 2012 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. EDT On Wednesday, May 2, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty will be hosting a free webinar previewing its upcoming report, “Welcome Home: The Rise of Tent Cities […]

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Housing solution for the next natural disaster? (USA)

Published in Wednesday April 25th, 2012 In In the media

April 21st, 2012 In one of the neighborhoods hit hardest by flooding in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, developers have built a prototype house that’s aimed at providing a quick housing solution for areas blown away by hurricanes and tornadoes or knocked down by earthquakes. The dwelling in the Lakeview section of New Orleans is somewhat box-like, […]

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New law to reduce housing discrimination (USA)

Published in Wednesday April 25th, 2012 In In the media

April 23rd, 2012 Franklin County and Columbus officials said Monday that they were partnering with the Columbus Urban League to prevent housing discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. City and county leaders held the first of several strategy meetings to take aim at the discrimination, 10TV’s Ashleigh Barry reported. A new federal law […]

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