New Orleans After days of work on campaigns and the principles of negotiations, the leaders of Amani United in Milwaukee were ready to practice what they had learned. The leaders divided into two groups, one representing the officials of the city’s transportation system and the other representing Amani United. The issue at hand was …
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Inclusionary Zoning Lite and Little
New Orleans Catching up on back papers I found both the interesting and the disappointing. Let’s start by keeping it positive and look at something called RentCheck, which is an application designed for tenants, but gaining some support by landlords, finding it useful enough that they have downloaded it in 40 US states and seven …
Corporate Ownership is Squeezing Rents in Some Cities
Milwaukee Looking city to city, part of what is driving rents up to record highs and exacerbating the affordable housing crisis is the critical intrusion of large corporate ownership of single-family homes in some markets in addition to larger developments where they have always been a factor. The ACORN Home Savers Campaign has monitored this …