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Social justice
fromStreetsblog
2 days ago

Displacement and Dollars Down the Drain: The Data Behind California's Highway Expansion Crisis - Streetsblog California

California's highway expansions displaced homes and businesses, increased congestion, and consumed billions while masking demolitions and generational harm until mandated disclosure revealed the impacts.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

The Floating Neighborhood of Las Balsas / Natura Futura

Project revalues Babahoyo River's floating-house ecosystem by recovering traditional building techniques, creating public and private spaces to preserve social and natural habitat and support inhabitants.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Flooded and forgotten: the UK's waters are rising and we're being kept in the dark | John Harris

Flooding from storms like Claudia increasingly inundates towns, with more homes built in flood zones and mounting risk of towns becoming uninsurable or abandoned.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Brunaupark review housing estate dwellers vs property developers in rousing but unequal battle

Consisting of five residential tenements, the area is home to more than 400 tenants, who have created a close-knit multicultural community over the decades. Credit Suisse, whose pension fund owns the building, has other ideas. The people of Brunaupark are served with notices as proposals for partial demolition and new construction get under way. Going from door to door, this documentary forms a vital piece of oral history, bearing witness to the defiance and resilience of those determined to stay.
Film
Environment
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Where Amazon meets ocean: A Brazilian community fights rising tides

Families in Vila do Pesqueiro face coastal erosion, surging tides, and loss of homes, forcing relocation and threatening traditional livelihoods and food security.
California
fromtherealdeal.com
2 months ago

Are Camp, North Complex fire recoveries road maps for Palisades, Altadena?

Post-wildfire rebuilding reshapes communities, attracting younger, wealthier residents while displacing low-income renters and altering housing affordability and demographics.
SF real estate
from48 hills
2 months ago

The six fatal flaws in Mayor Lurie's so-called 'Family Zoning Plan' - 48 hills

Mayor Lurie's rezoning threatens neighborhood character and displacement by privileging real estate investors and upscale high-rises, transforming neighborhoods into a commercialized 'Potterville'.
Real estate
fromSFGATE
3 months ago

'I don't have neighbors anymore': How short-term rentals upended a Calif. town

Short-term rentals have transformed Three Rivers, replacing long-term residents and eroding community as Airbnb listings proliferate near Sequoia National Park.
Real estate
fromHigh Country News
3 months ago

The race to protect homes from speculators post-wildfire - High Country News

Post-fire Altadena faces rapid lot sales to corporate buyers, risking displacement of longtime, multicultural residents and loss of community through speculative redevelopment.
#affordable-housing
fromBlack Enterprise
5 months ago
Brooklyn

Brooklyn Pastor Takes Affordable Housing Into His Own Hands To Keep Black Families From Leaving New York

Pastor David K. Brawley addresses the affordable housing crisis in Brooklyn, emphasizing the emotional toll on long-time residents being displaced.
fromSan Jose Spotlight
6 months ago
Silicon Valley real estate

Why Cupertino renters might lose their homes to student housing - San Jose Spotlight

Cupertino families face displacement as apartments convert to affordable student housing by June 2026, raising community concerns.
Brooklyn
fromBlack Enterprise
5 months ago

Brooklyn Pastor Takes Affordable Housing Into His Own Hands To Keep Black Families From Leaving New York

Pastor David K. Brawley addresses the affordable housing crisis in Brooklyn, emphasizing the emotional toll on long-time residents being displaced.
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Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
6 months ago

In areas near January's fires, rent is climbing faster than rest of county

Rent near burn areas in Los Angeles County is rising faster than in other regions due to displaced residents seeking proximity to their previous homes.
NYC politics
fromStreetsblog
7 months ago

Talking Headways Podcast: The Pacific Circuit - Streetsblog USA

The designation of blight in Oakland allowed for significant urban changes that undermine community power.
from48 hills
7 months ago

Planning hearing on upzoning shows the two worlds of housing advocates - 48 hills

The hearing was dominated by the belief in the free market to provide solutions, contrasted starkly with those who understand the limits of supply-side strategies.
NYC real estate
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