Mixed Messages on Green Homes
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac try to block a municipal program that makes solar roofs affordable for homeowners.
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Bamboo Houses to the Rescue
Bamboo houses combat climate change, encourage economic growth and protect the poor from natural disaster. Why aren't there more of them?
Facing Foreclosure? Get Counseling
An inexpensive part of the federal effort to dig America out of the subprime crisis appears to have promise.
Shadow Market Delays Recovery, Helps Defiant Homeowners
In a follow-up to a story we published in March, our featured homeowner still lives defiantly without payments or eviction for more than a year.
Vacant Homes Give Habitat a Leg Up
Famed for building homes for the poor from scratch, Habitat for Humanity sees a silver lining to thousands of foreclosed homes available for a pittance.
Hospitals Save Money with Homeless Outreach
Two studies, one in Chicago and the other in Seattle, prove we can save health care dollars by housing and helping the homeless.
The Homemakers
Three innovators have created an approach that has greatly reduced — and just might end — homelessness.
The Bonfire of the Housing Vanity
If you're looking for someone to blame for the subprime mortgage fiasco, don't stop at George Bush. Go all the way back to Herbert Hoover.
Great Society 2.0
An ambitious project in Chicago provides a glimpse at poverty solutions that might actually make a difference.
Apartment Complex Focuses on Mentally Ill
As homelessness too often accompanies mental illness in the United States, one project tackles both issues.