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I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors

by Brian Y. An, Georgia Institute of Technology In the years since the Great Recession, when housing prices dramatically fell, Wall Street investors have been...

Property taxes divide Allegheny County executive candidates, and Philadelphia’s experience looms large

(Photo by Stephanie Strasburg. Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource) Sara Innamorato could bring changed, but fairer, property taxes, while Joe Rockey would avoid a reassessment...

Urban planning is often overlooked as a career – here are some ways to change that

Research shows there is a lack of awareness among young people of the urban planning profession. Tim Robberts via Getty Images by Stephen Kofi Diko, University...

Atlanta’s BeltLine shows how urban parks can drive ‘green gentrification’ if cities don’t think about affordable housing at the start

A pedestrian walking along the BeltLine in Atlanta on Feb. 17, 2016, passes townhomes under construction. AP Photo/David Goldman by Dan Immergluck, Georgia State University Is Atlanta...

Disasters can wipe out affordable housing forever unless communities plan ahead – that loss hurts the economy

‘It could happen anywhere, but I just never thought here,’ said Chasity Walton, whose home in Mayfield, Kentucky, was hit by a tornado on...

How Brad Pitt’s green housing dream for Hurricane Katrina survivors turned into a nightmare

by Judith Keller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation built 109 eye-catching and affordable homes in New Orleans for a...

Federal poverty line struggles to capture hardship half of Americans face

Low-wage workers march in Washington on Aug. 2, 2021. Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images by Celine-Marie Pascale, American University Michael Chase works two jobs in southeast...

Supreme Court OKs resuming evictions amidst pandemic

The Supreme Court is moving full steam ahead by letting evictions restart throughout the country after being stalled due to the pandemic, The Detroit...

Maxine Waters sounds alarm on coming wave of evictions

by Lauren Victoria Burke, For New Pittsburgh Courier (NNPA)—Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who is the Chairwoman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, is sounding...

Federal housing assistance falls short of meeting COVID-19 needs

by Charlene Crowell  For New Pittsburgh Courier As the nation’s double dose of health and economic crises continue, many consumers believe that federal assistance to make ends...

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