Topic: Housing-Homelessness

Report: Tim Adams

Fighting to save Poindexter

Ohio activists are mounting a challenge against the gentrification of the historic community of Poindexter Village. May 7, 2013
Comment: Don Lash

A bold stand against the homeless super-rich

Why are New York City homeless shelters so full? Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks they're too welcoming, even to the rich. March 19, 2013
Comment: Leela Yellesetty

The racist face of the housing crisis

The media scapegoated Blacks for the housing crisis all along, but Bloomberg Businessweek took racism to a new level. March 12, 2013
Report: Kari Koch

Portland home defenders win

Activists fighting foreclosures and evictions ended a 20-hour sit-in at the county sheriff's office in Portland in victory. January 28, 2013
Interview

How we liberated a house

An Atlanta homeless family joined an activist campaign to take over an abandoned house from the bank that owns it. January 7, 2013
Report: Wesley House

Students for housing justice

Members of NYU's Students for Economic Justice are calling for the university to cut its financial ties with JPMorgan Chase. December 19, 2012
Report: Julien Ball

They're racist and predatory

Banks like Wells Fargo targeted African Americans for subprime mortgages. Now foreclosure activists are targeting the banks. December 19, 2012
Comment: Danny Katch

One victim among many more

Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city is caring for the victims of Hurricane Sandy, but the survivors tell a different story. December 5, 2012
Comment: Don Lash

Making an affordable housing crisis worse

The city's short-term response to Sandy was inadequate--but the superstorm has made a long-term crisis that much worse. December 4, 2012
Rochester activists want foreclosures to end

More than 200 people marched to Rochester's City Hall to demand a stop to police-enforced evictions of homeowners. October 22, 2012
Comment

Organizing works in Holyoke

Residents of a public housing project slated for demolition and redevelopment are celebrating a retreat by city officials. September 5, 2012
Report: Rory Fanning

Testifying against evictions

Nearly 200 residents affected by foreclosure and eviction in the Chicago area came together to demand a moratorium. August 16, 2012
Fixing a years-long injustice

The city of Rochester tried to evict the Windom Bey family for 18 years, but 18 days of protest forced it to retreat. July 6, 2012
Comment: Jamie Partridge

Welcome home Alicia

Alicia Jackson moved back into her home in Portland, Ore., on May Day--and Occupy Northeast vows she won't be the last. May 10, 2012
Resistance to the evictions spreads

With the support of activists, people defrauded by the banksters are staying in their homes and putting up a valiant fight. April 17, 2012
Comment: Laura Lising

Saving homes from the banks

Occupy Our Homes D.C. has won important victories for individuals--but also for the future of the housing movement. April 11, 2012
Disrupting an auction in NYC

Activists gathered in Brooklyn's courthouse to raise their voices against a public auction of foreclosed homes. February 6, 2012
BoA's predatory evictions

More than 100 people rallied against foreclosures and evictions in front of the Bank of America in San Francisco. January 11, 2012
Report: Blair Ellis and Laura Durkay

Ready to Occupy Our Homes

The Occupy movement took another step December 6 with actions in more than 25 cities to occupy foreclosed homes and challenge evictions. December 8, 2011
Speculators kick out grandmother in SF

Activists protest a 75-year-old cancer survivor being thrown out after the bank sold her home to real estate speculators. December 7, 2011
Report: Julien Ball

Keeping families in their homes in Bayview

A block party in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood celebrated the holiday season--and the struggle against foreclosures. November 28, 2011
Comment: Brian Lenzo

Rochester family stops mortgage vultures

What started as a spirited rally against tax breaks for millionaires turned into a victory celebration for a family fighting foreclosure. November 22, 2011
Comment: Gillian Russom

We're not leaving our home

The order evicting the Gudiel family from their home near Los Angeles took effect on September 28--but they aren't leaving. October 5, 2011
Column: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Blind to the bankers' fraud

The biggest banks have been exposed for fraud in carrying out foreclosures--but the Obama administration is staying silent. September 1, 2011
You won't evict this grandma

More than 200 people blockaded 82-year-old Mary Lee Ward's home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, to stop an eviction. August 24, 2011

Topic: Housing-Homelessness

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