by Mumia Abu-Jamal July 7, 2009 While a young reporter for a local NPR affiliate, housing was my beat. In a city which was the oldest in the United States, there were no shortages of housing issues, for Philadelphia’s housing stock seemed in a permanent state of disrepair, especially in those sections of the city where Blacks, Puerto [...]

By Martha C. White June 26, 2009 While the plight of homeowners affected by the real estate meltdown has been well-documented, renters too often fall under the radar. Although tenants’ advocacy groups credit recently passed national legislation for including some protections, they charge that the new law only scratches the surface.

By Max Rameau May 01, 2009 The recent economic volatility, marked by a housing boom spurred by massive gentrification and the current cycle of capital divestment resulting in mass foreclosures, has been a major challenge for a social justice movement caught off guard and flat footed. After high rates of housing construction during the boom years, the [...]

by Bill Fletcher, Jr., It is one thing to notice that a house under construction has been abandoned by the contractor who was to be building it.  That happened in my neighborhood (and actually many other neighborhoods) more than a year ago, making it very clear that something was going wrong in the economy.  It is [...]

Por JAVIER CÓRDOBA MORALES (j.cordoba@semanario.ucr.ac.cr) 27 de mayo, 2009 Pueblos costeros piden detener los desalojos y administrar su propio desarrollo. Representantes de 36 comunidades costeras de las provincias de Puntarenas, Limón y Guanacaste presentaron la semana anterior un proyecto de ley con el que pretenden garantizarse la permanencia en los territorios que han habitado durante años. Con la nueva [...]