AltWeeklies Wire
Hitting a Wallnew
Louisville’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund remains caught in red tape three years after its inception.
LEO Weekly |
Anne Marshall |
08-17-2011 |
Housing & Development
Measuring Progress: The Evolution of Downtown Jackson Partnersnew
City dwellers and business advocates have big dreams for their city, but things were rocky just 20 years ago in downtown Jackson.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
08-08-2011 |
Housing & Development
Sand Blastednew
A wealthy town develops its coast -- and washes away its neighbors.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
07-28-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Cleveland
Path of Destructionnew
The Med Mart’s parent company has a history of unfinished business.
Cleveland Scene |
Maude L. Campbell |
07-14-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Vornado Realty Trust
Our HAUSnew
Houston gets its first co-op — decades after other cities took the plunge.
Houston Press |
Mandy Oaklander |
07-07-2011 |
Housing & Development
Oakland's Dirty Hotelnew
How the Jack London Inn came to be called one of America's filthiest hotels.
East Bay Express |
Andrew Jones |
06-29-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Jack London Inn
Hype or Hope?new
A report on the outcomes of a Louisville housing project raises tough questions.
LEO Weekly |
Anne Marshall |
06-09-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: HOPE VI
To Gate or Not to Gate?new
Jackson residents could erect gates to their neighborhoods, and still have the city pay for their streets, under a proposed ordinance.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
06-02-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Gated Communities
Ideological Clash Threatens Energy Efficiency Programnew
It had been almost nine months since Greensboro signed a contract with the federal government to receive a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to provide energy-efficiency upgrades to buildings.
YES! Weekly |
Jordan Green |
05-18-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Department of Energy, Stimulus
Finding the Bottomnew
How low will home prices in Tucson go?
Tucson Weekly |
Dave Devine |
05-10-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Housing Market, Home Prices
Abandoned Hopenew
Unprecedented summit examines Louisville’s vacant property problem.
LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
05-04-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Abandoned property
Homeowner Defense Groups to Target Wells Fargo Shareholdersnew
While deep-pocketed lobbyists have been making it hard to pass laws that would offer at-risk homeowners more protections, homeowner defender groups have decided to target, and now protest against, the group they believe stand directly in the way of equitable reforms: the banks.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
05-04-2011 |
Housing & Development
Life in Limbonew
Apply for a home loan modification, and you're putting your future on the line.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
04-28-2011 |
Housing & Development
The Foreclosure Fiasconew
Bank of America is playing a lot of financial tricks in Hawaii and local families are needlessly losing their homes.
Honolulu Weekly |
Lucy Jokiel |
04-26-2011 |
Housing & Development
No Place Like Homenew
Winter Park's Hannibal Square Community Land Trust redefines what it means to own a home.
Orlando Weekly |
Megan Peck |
04-22-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Land trust, Winter Park
