In One Colorado Town, People Experiencing Homelessness Can Sleep in Their Car — if They Have a Job
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In One Colorado Town, People Experiencing Homelessness Can Sleep in Their Car — if They Have a Job

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On the side of a highway leading to some of the most coveted slopes in the world, in a parking lot covered in snow, a form of affordable housing has emerged. Here in cars, trucks and vans, behind foggy windshields and zipped in…

Barcelona Becomes Ground Zero for Europe’s Housing Dilemma
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Barcelona Becomes Ground Zero for Europe’s Housing Dilemma

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 33 years, Marga Aguilar never missed a rent payment on her apartment in a Modernist-style building in the heart of Barcelona. The owner of the building had always treated her and the other tenants as if they were family, and kept rents…

Home Sellers and Buyers Accuse Realtors of Blocking Lower Fees
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Home Sellers and Buyers Accuse Realtors of Blocking Lower Fees

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Mike Chambers was ready to sell his house in Boulder, Colo., last month, he interviewed a handful of real estate agents who promised he could fetch $2.75 million or more if he listed with them. But the promise would come at a…

Opinion | D.C. Is Becoming Another Hollowed-Out Company Town
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Opinion | D.C. Is Becoming Another Hollowed-Out Company Town

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 2008, as the Great Recession was starting to take hold, my travels reporting on Barack Obama’s presidential campaign took me to one American city after another that was reeling from major layoffs. I visited places such as Kokomo, Ind., which was losing…

Los Angeles Wildfires Leave Residents Worried About Contaminated Soil
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Los Angeles Wildfires Leave Residents Worried About Contaminated Soil

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At a glance, the community garden plot appears bountiful. Its beds, flanked by lavender plants, are lush with parsley, lettuces and kale that are weeks overgrown. But a sign on the gate forbids entry, describing the site as “DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH.” In…

Brad Lander Would Declare Housing Emergency if Elected N.Y.C. Mayor
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Brad Lander Would Declare Housing Emergency if Elected N.Y.C. Mayor

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Declare a state of emergency because of New York City’s housing crisis. Build 50,000 homes on public golf courses. Triple subsidies for affordable housing. These are a few of Brad Lander’s ideas to address the housing crisis if he is elected mayor in…

More Women File Lawsuits Against Brothers Accused of Sex Crimes
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More Women File Lawsuits Against Brothers Accused of Sex Crimes

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Seven lawsuits were filed this week against one or more of the Alexander brothers, who are facing multiple accusations of sexual assault in both civil and criminal court. The newest allegations against Tal Alexander and his brothers, Oren Alexander and Alon Alexander, who…

Government Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs Worry About Their Housing
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Government Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs Worry About Their Housing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lisa Sturtevant, the chief economist at Bright MLS, a multiple listing service, said that it is too soon to tell if the D.C. market has been shaken by the layoffs because “it hasn’t had enough time to filter into the housing market,” she…

The Housing Crisis Forces Change on a Low-Rise Pocket of Brooklyn
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The Housing Crisis Forces Change on a Low-Rise Pocket of Brooklyn

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Change doesn’t always come easily in Brooklyn’s liberal strongholds. But New York’s push to build more housing in every corner of the city — even in places that have sometimes been skeptical of new development — cleared a significant hurdle on Wednesday, when…