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Black, Homeless and Burdened by L.A.’s Legacy of Racism

Black people are dramatically overrepresented among those living on Los Angeles’s streets, where the bright future promised to earlier generations has been blunted by the bitter inheritance of racism.

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This ‘Ponzi scheme’ surrounding development leaves most cities and towns functionally insolvent

Elected officials fail to ask whether a new development producing enough wealth to fund the long-term maintenance of its own infrastructure—let alone public...

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Millennials Love Zillow Because They’ll Never Own A Home

Real estate apps and Instagram accounts have become a digital fantasyland for broke millennials

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FICO Changes Could Lower Your Credit Score

Changes in how the most widely used credit score in the U.S. is tallied will likely make it harder for many Americans to get loans.

It seems like the past few years there has been a great deal of reorganizing in regards to the credit score system. 

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When saving the planet spoils the charm of historic houses

Homeowners who want solar panels confront skepticism from local preservation boards in the District and across the country.

Upon first hearing of solar panels, I was enamored. I tried to get my folks, first gen college grads, sensible southern folk to buy these panels in the '90s. Not only were they (probably)wild expensive, I didn't know where to even buy them. This story reminded me of that week and my insistent pleas for solar panels, lol.

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Homeless Black Moms Took Over a Vacant House, and Got Treated Like Terrorists

Moms 4 Housing became symbols of Oakland's homelessness crisis and fought a court battle to stay in their house. Then the cops showed up.

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Dream Denied: Corporations Buying Up Memphis Homes, Destabilizing Neighborhoods

More and more Memphians are missing out on the American Dream, especially if you consider homeownership a centerpiece of that dream. Wall Street corporations are...

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Racist property deeds kept thousands of Philly homes off-limits to all but white buyers, study finds

A century ago, home deeds included language that restricted ownership to “Caucasians.”

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Two communities de-annexed from Memphis beginning in 2020

SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — Starting at midnight, two Mid-South communities will be de-annexed from the City of Memphis. It’s been in the making for years. When the clock strikes midnight to mark 2020, Eads and River Bottoms will be de-annexed from the city. One of the most significant changes will be the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office having sole responsibility over the new county land.

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This holiday gift will turn your child into a savvy investor (and make $46,460)

A relatively small investment now can make your child’s life so much easier when he or she grows up

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St. Louis is selling $1 homes to save parts of the city from decay, and there are more than 500 to choose from

St. Louis recently launched a program that sells single-family homes for just $1.

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“So I've long had the sense that a lot of "farms" were tax dodges & raised crops/livestock just for show, if at all. Now there are statistics!”

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Southwest Side nonprofit to rehab over 100 housing units thanks to state grant

The Southwest Organizing Project got $12 million in the Illinois capital plan to acquire and renovate vacant buildings to create affordable housing.