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The Past and Future Role of the Shotgun House

Dallas provides the setting for a deep exploration of shotgun houses. The city keeps knocking them down, but according to this architecture critic, they could play a key role in solving the city's affordable housing crisis.

March 3, 2019 - The Dallas Morning News

Shotgun Homes, New Orleans

Restore Old Affordable Homes, Or Build Anew?

Fighting a plan to develop new affordable housing, some residents of Apalachicola, Florida prefer an effort to restore the town's dilapidated, though historic, housing stock.

April 2, 2017 - The New York Times

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