On AlterNet: housing

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "housing"

8 Things You Should Know About the New Lawsuit Against the Banks That Torpedoed the Economy

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. September 6, 2011.

The FHFA filed lawsuits last Friday alleging nearly $200 billion in fraud by the nation's biggest banks. Could this be the beginning of accountability for the banksters?

4 Desperate Ways the Hardest Hit Are Coping with Economic Crisis

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. August 18, 2011.

People have to make difficult choices during tough economic times. Here are four frightening ways people are coping with the ongoing recession.

How Predatory Lenders Are Leaving Veterans Homeless, Broke and In Debt

s.e. smith, AlterNet. August 4, 2011.

Highly decorated veterans die in the streets because America tolerates a financial system that preys on vets.

Make Wall St. Pay for the Catastrophe They Caused: New Bill Would Fine Banks $20,000 for Each Forclosure

Peter Dreier, AlterNet. May 1, 2011.

Wall Street's predatory lending practices are responsible for the mess we're now in. Why make severe cuts to state budgets even as Wall Street keeps making bank?

The Rent's Too Damn High but It's a Problem With an Easy Solution... If Only

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 26, 2011.

The banking lobby is pushing back against a modest proposal that would ease the squeeze on renters.

Vision: New Approach Brings US Homeless in from The Cold

Agence France PresseFebruary 9, 2011.

Thousands of people across the US have been moved into permanent housing in recent years as part of a new approach that supporters believe could end homelessness within a decade.

Compounding Housing Burdens in Coastal Alabama: Katrina and the BP Oil Spill

Adren Wilson, AlterNet. October 6, 2010.

The hundreds of Alabama households affected by Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill cannot afford to go another year living in less than dignified conditions.

Free Market Vultures Are Snatching Away the Livelihoods of Minorities in the Inner City

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2009.

T.A. Frank, a think tank lackey, has a solution to America's housing problem: Ship all the poor black and Hispanic people to abandoned McMansions.

"Clean, Safe and High-Value" Neighborhoods Are Nice Ways of Saying "White" Without Bringing Race into It

Rich Benjamin, Hyperion Books. October 16, 2009.

The law does not forbid segregated or discriminating neighborhoods. It simply forbids intentional discrimination.

Home Prices Creep Up Before Tax Credits Expire; Consumer Confidence Still in the Tank

AlterNet September 29, 2009.

New economic indicators suggest we're far from a full recovery.

How Angelina, Bono, Gisele and Madonna Are Destroying the Planet

Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. July 17, 2009.

The carbon emissions of Bono's band's world tour are equivalent to the waste created by 6,500 average British or Irish people in an entire year.

Michelle Malkin Freaks Out Because the Government Might Help Poor People a Tiny Bit

D. Aristophanes, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. July 3, 2009.

The horror!

Intriguing Plan in Michael Moore's Home Town: Bulldoze the Ghost 'Burbs, Return Them to Nature

Tom Leonard, The Telegraph (UK). June 13, 2009.

Concept of razing post-industrial "rust belt" empty neighborhoods draws interest in Detroit, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other cities.

Not Just Homeowners, But Renters Are Really Getting Screwed

Daniel Fireside, Dollars and Sense. March 19, 2009.

Homeowners aren't the only ones in trouble from foreclosures -- renters, urban neighborhoods, and entire cities are at risk.

The President's $75 Billion Plan to Keep Roofs Over Heads

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. February 18, 2009.

"I'm here today to talk about a crisis unlike any we've ever known -- but one that you know very well ... "

Will You Have Roommates for the Rest of Your Life?

Nan Mooney, AlterNet. February 18, 2009.

Thought you'd leave your roommates behind after your career got going? Think again. Social mobility ain't what it used to be.

Resistance to Housing Foreclosures Spreads Across the Land

Ben Ehrenreich, The Nation. January 23, 2009.

Community-based movements to halt the flood of foreclosures have been building across the country. And they're not the usual suspects.

Why I'm Rooting for 3 Big Economic Bubbles

Stephen Pizzo, News for Real. December 26, 2008.

We need a healthcare bubble, an infrastructure bubble and a green bubble right now -- or else the whole thing will pop.

George Soros: A Danish Solution to America's Housing Mess

George Soros, AlterNet. September 13, 2008.

Washington's recent compromise on the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac constitutes the worst of all possible worlds.

Hang On ... We Haven't Hit Bottom in the Housing Market

Jill C., Brilliant at Breakfast AlterNet: PEEK. July 27, 2008.

Another $250 billion in adjustable-rate mortgages are expected to reset this year and next, and over $700 billion by 2010.

How to End the Housing Crisis and Take Back the Land

Max Rameau, Take Back the Land AlterNet: PEEK. July 11, 2008.

Returning vacant, government-owned homes to families in need.

Back Main Street, Not Wall Street in Housing Crisis

Gihan Perera, Miami Workers Center Blog AlterNet: PEEK. July 11, 2008.

Bear Stearns got a $29 billion govt. bailout, what will working families get?

As Foreclosures Rise, Bush Declares "National Homeownership Month"

William K. Wolfrum, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. June 6, 2008.

The Bush Administration sees a crisis, and meets it with new slogans.

Living Standards Under Stress

Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future AlterNet: PEEK. May 15, 2008.

A new report reveals that, by any indicator, standards of living are in decline.

Potomac Fever

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. May 2, 2008.

Washington has been debilitated by a horrible disease -- one that inhibits emotions like compassion and integrity.