Chesterfield Mobile Home Park Could Be a âModelâ for Revitalization
Co-published with VPM News. Project:HOMES purchased Bermuda Estates in 2020 and has worked with residents to address the park's needs.
Louisa Mobile Home Residents Living in âPrecarious Positionâ
Co-published with VPM News. Residents are pushing back against the investment firm that bought land beneath their trailers.
Poetry of Witness
Co-published with Orion Magazine. Documentary verse by five homeless poets.
A Superintendent Becomes a Lifeline for Senior Tenants
Co-published with The New York Times. More than half of the tenants in a prewar co-op in Chelsea are seniors. Rosalind Hernandez, the super, is especially close to one tenant who is 98.
An Intimate Look at Portland’s Housing Crisis
Co-published with The Nation. The ongoing housing crisis in Portland, Oregon, has desensitized us to the real people who have been affected.
How I Went From Living in a Homeless Shelter in Queens to Being a Published Author
Co-published with Fast Company. In the first in our new series with Fast Company, author Alex Miller tells the story of how his New School professor helped him get published when he had lost all hope.
HUD Takes on Climate Crisis with a New Retrofit Program
Co-published with Grist. The federal initiative will reach only hundreds out of the 24,000 properties that need upgrades.
How Air Pollution and the Housing Crisis Are Connected
Co-published with Grist. When you're homeless, dangerous air isn't just during wildfire season.
How Freddie Mac Helps Private Equity Profit From Tenant Misery
Co-published with The Nation. Overloaded with debt, tenants are being bled dry to make millions for speculatorsâwith a crucial assist from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
Parajoâs Quest to Rebuild
Co-published with Mother Jones. After historic flooding, the California migrant farming community is trying to recoverâeven if help from FEMA is scarce.
Erosion and sea-level rise are coming for their Louisiana home. Theyâre staying anyway.
Co-published with Grist. For members of Louisiana's Pointe-au-Chien Tribe, relocating means a lot more than simply packing up and moving.
Ithaca Bets on Heat Pumps in Mobile Homes
Co-published with Grist. The upstate New York city would be one of the first in the country to tackle the energy woes of affordable housing.