Foreclosure

Troubled Florida Not Losing Hope Yet

With foreclosures racking up, the state of Florida is entering a dark period. Despite the dire prognosis, the stat'es historic ups and downs hint that Florida may be able to come back.

19 August 2009 - 6:00am

The New York Times

The ABCs of Homeownership

While the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance is helping people buy homes, their aim is to build an army of trained homeowners to engage their own neighbors in organizing and advocacy.

11 August 2009 - 11:00am

Shelterforce Magazine

The Bust of Williamsburg

Sales in Brooklyn are down, and that's made a ghost town out of the recently booming but now busted Williamsburg neighborhood.

15 July 2009 - 7:00am

New York Magazine

Fighting Foreclosures

Fort Lauderdale joins a national program which will provide $3.7 million to change foreclosed homes into affordable housing.

8 June 2009 - 1:00pm

Sun-Sentinel

Office of Urban Affairs Should Help Manage Foreclosures

Dealing with abandoned and foreclosed properties should be high on the list of priorities for the new White House Office of Urban Affairs, says Justin Hollander, assistant professor at Tufts.

26 May 2009 - 9:00am

American City & County Magazine

The Planetizen News Brief - 5/14/09

4:30 minutes (4.13 MB)

Minorities rise in the 'burbs, small cities struggle to retain youth, and a look inside declining Las Vegas, all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

14 May 2009 - 5:00am

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