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Affordable Housing

Andy’s Story: Class and Homelessness

January 9, 2018 by Andy Pope 4 Comments

Before the year 2004, the word “classism” was not in my vocabulary. As a music teacher at a prestigious private elementary school and a private teacher of piano and voice, I schmoozed comfortably with those who could afford such high-quality education for their children. The fact that many of them lived in million dollar homes […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Affordable Housing, Classism in the Economy, Dealing with privilege, Health care access, Poverty, Systemic Classism, Your Stories Tagged With: academia, blaming the victim, class cultures, poverty, privilege, stereotypes, super-rich, working class

Homeless Shelters as Band-Aids: Housing Is a Human Right

December 7, 2017 by Nicole Braun Leave a Comment

From the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 25: (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Affordable Housing, Building Economic Alternatives, Class prejudice, Classism, Classism in social services, Classism in the Economy Tagged With: classism, homeless, owning class, poverty, public services

Eviction

January 5, 2017 by Taj Khunkhun Leave a Comment

Frequent Classism Exposed contributor L.A. Kurth invited students in her class at a California community college to share their thoughts on affordable housing. Here is one student’s response. All my life I have lived in a rental home or an apartment, except for the brief period of time when my family and I had a […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Affordable Housing Tagged With: debt, downward mobility, low-wage jobs, money, poverty

Safe, Affordable Housing Is a Human Right

January 5, 2017 by Aimee Inglis 1 Comment

On the morning of December 3rd, 2016, the deadly effects of the affordable housing crisis became clear. If housing were treated as a human right, if artists were supported by the cities and developers that profit off their creativity, the loss of 36 lives in Oakland, California in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire could have […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Affordable Housing, Building Economic Alternatives, Classism in Politics Tagged With: community organizing, poverty, speaking up

Affordable vs. Attainable Housing

January 5, 2017 by Lita Kurth 3 Comments

When you think affordable housing, you think $600,000 for a condo, right? With a $12,000 down payment, that would be $3,557 per month for 30 years. Maybe that’s why a new term has arisen in the real estate market, attainable housing. Under the new rules, old safety precautions are ignored. Once, homebuyers were advised to spend no more than […]

Filed Under: Affordable Housing, Building Economic Alternatives, Money Tagged With: debt, downward mobility, middle class, money, working class

Housing Is a Right not a Luxury

August 4, 2016 by Jeff Hall 1 Comment

While most of us know that housing in the Boston area is getting more and more expensive, you may not have realized that between 2000 and 2007 Boston was the most rapidly gentrifying city in the country, outpacing both New York and Washington, D.C. And the rate of gentrification is not the only challenge that Boston residents face. […]

Filed Under: Affordable Housing, Building Economic Alternatives Tagged With: affordable housing, gentrification, low-wage jobs, middle class, working class

10 Facts About Housing Affordability

August 3, 2016 by Lita Kurth Leave a Comment

5 Things to Make You Furious About Housing 1. Realtors and their allies in government keep track of the growing size of single-family homes. But bigger is only better if you’re well-off. The federal government doesn’t track the size of apartments, but numerous articles predict smaller units. A 500 sq ft condo, anyone? 2. Want […]

Filed Under: Affordable Housing, Dismantlng Classism Tagged With: affordable housing, housing housing, housing laws, working class

Inclusion, Preservation and Lottery Odds

August 3, 2016 by Danny LeBlanc Leave a Comment

Somerville used to be a place where many of the residents were people who couldn’t afford to live anywhere else. As I’ve told many younger folks in recent years, from 1978-81 I rented an eight-room home with three other young adults for $250 a month – that’s total, not per person! In today’s Somerville*, the […]

Filed Under: Affordable Housing, Building Economic Alternatives Tagged With: affordable housing, community organizing, housing, immigrants, rent, rent burdened, working class

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