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


















