5 Absurd Reasons Why Pre-Katrina NOLA Homeowners Aren't All Home
By M.A. Sheehan, Lower Ninth Ward Homeowners Association
Serious flaws in the Road Home program have kept many hard-working homeowners from coming back to the Lower Ninth Ward. What were they, and how can we do it better next time? . . . More
Shelter, Food, and . . . Legal Services
By Katy Reckdahl
If you care about equity, legal aid belongs high on the list of crucial disaster recovery programs . . . More
Is Flood Insurance About to Drown Homeowners?
By Christie Peale, Center for NYC Neighborhoods
In the face of climate change, flood insurance rates are rising steeply. Here's why, and five ways to keep lower income homeowners above water . . . More
Streetcars Are Pretty, but NOLA Needs Buses
By Casius Pealer, Tulane University
80 percent of New Orleans's population is back, but just 45 percent of transit service has returned. The state of transit in the city is a mirror of its unequal recovery because . . . More
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Segregation Conversation Goes National
By Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce
When so much of the country still believes in cultural causes of poverty, it is too bad that those of us who don't aren't speaking with one voice in response. . . More
Streetcars Are Pretty, but NOLA Needs Buses
