For Tenancy to be an Alternative, Renting Has to Work

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New Orleans   One of the many unresolved issues from the Great Recession, still painfully winding down, is whether or not it is time to call the dream of home ownership for low-and-moderate income families a tragic mirage.  Having wiped out a generation of increased ownership among African-Americans and Hispanic families, and lacking a concerted funding …

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Privatization Everywhere in UK, and Monopoly Rising in USA

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London   When privatization of public services is ubiquitous, it’s actually kind of scary, as I just witnessed in England and Scotland.              Catching a train from Edinburgh to London, I did a double take when I saw a pink Virgin train rolling down track 3 towards me as I waited to jump from Haymarket to …

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