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affordable housing

Ghost Ship warehouse fire memorial mural
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction

Downsizing in the Shadow of Disaster

by Catherine Cusick November 25, 2019October 19, 2022

When housing markets price people out of safety, they cram into disasters waiting to happen.

Skyscrapers
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Urban Crisis of Affluence

by Catherine Cusick June 20, 2018October 19, 2022

An investment property is not a home. Neither are cities where most people can’t afford to live.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

New York City’s Housing Emergency

by Catherine Cusick August 1, 2017October 19, 2022

New York City is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

Posted inBooks, First Chapters, Nonfiction, Story

Yonkers, Housing Desegregation and the Youngest Mayor in America

by Longreads September 9, 2015October 19, 2022

The true story behind the HBO miniseries “Show Me a Hero.”

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