There’s an increasing number of people native to Hawaii who can no longer afford to live there, nor do they have the means to leave. Those who can’t do either end up houseless. Eric Stinton reports on the current state of real estate on the islands: how they got there, proposed solutions, and what will […]
housing crisis
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There are Trees in the Future, Or, A Case for Staying
“Why struggle to stay?” In an essay at Protean, Lupita Limón Corrales weaves her reflections about pandemic life, new ways of living, and leaving California, especially through the lens of the remote work revolution. Writing about the first year of the pandemic — and the collective show of solidarity during 2020’s summer of racial reckoning, […]
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Unsettled: The Afghan Refugee Crisis Collides with the American Housing Disaster
Part of The Verge‘s Homeland series, this feature by Makena Kelly on resettlement programs in the U.S. shows what Afghan families are facing from day to day, particularly in communities of the San Francisco Bay Area where the housing crisis is dire. Ongoing support and aid comes from local nonprofits, overworked volunteers, and generous families […]
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Downsizing in the Shadow of Disaster
When housing markets price people out of safety, they cram into disasters waiting to happen.
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Not Homeless Enough for Assistance, But Still Without a Home
The working homeless exist in a modern purgatory.
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Did We Learn Nothing From the 2008 Crisis?
The continuation of the false narrative of what caused the 2008 financial collapse is alarming.
Posted inBusiness, Nonfiction, Quotes
Looking Back On the Last Housing Bubble From the Precipice of the Next One
A decade later, some homeowners still haven’t recovered from the mortgage crisis of 2008.
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We Watch HGTV for the Destruction, Not the Makeovers
Drywall, meet sledgehammer.
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Beware the Open-Plan Kitchen
Almost a decade after the speculation-driven financial crisis of 2008, the success of HGTV’s aspirational real-estate programming proves that house-flipping culture is alive, well, and potentially dangerous.
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New York City’s Housing Emergency
New York City is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.