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Two Years After a Wildfire Took Everything, Maui Homeowners Are Facing a New Threat: Foreclosure
“A Native Hawaiian mother’s fight to keep her family in Lāhainā despite soaring costs, mortgage limbo, and land-hungry investors eager to own a piece of Hawaiʻi.”
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An Ambulance, An Empty Lot and a Loophole: One Man’s Fight for a Place to Live
“He sees himself as many Angelenos do: in the gray area between homeless and homeowner.”
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Silicon Valley and the Rent-to-Own Trap
“If you want to become a homeowner but don’t qualify for a mortgage, Divvy Homes has a solution: Rent a house from them until you’re able to buy it. What could possibly go wrong?”
Posted inNonfiction
Your Turn
Damon Young looks back at his family’s journey toward homeownership, and what that can really mean when you’re black in America.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
In the Age of Instagram’s Travel Influencer, Your Pretty Home Is the Backdrop for Their Photoshoot
At Curbed, Alexandra Marvar explores homeownership in the age of the Instagram travel influencer.
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Whose Facade Is It, Anyway?
These days, whether you like it or not, your photogenic home may be a backdrop for tourists’ photoshoots. But posing in front of pretty facades, a practice perfected by travel influencers on Instagram, brings up issues of privacy and etiquette.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Highlight, Quotes
Redlining in the Lap Lane
An incident of police brutality in Texas highlights the ties between private pools, homeowners’ associations, and racist housing policies.
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Russian River Roulette
Even when you’re already bracing for a negative response, no one expects an attack golfer.
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‘Tiny House Hunters’ and the Shrinking American Dream
The dream of homeownership, now with composting toilets.