Social Justice That Vacant House Down the Block Is Harming Your Health New research from Massachusetts shows people living close to a vacant, foreclosed home tend to have higher blood pressure. Tom Jacobs
Economics Own a Home, But Not the Land Residents of New Orleans’ beleaguered Lower 9th Ward debate ownership models that they hope will bring life to their depopulated neighborhood. Zoe Sullivan
Economics 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. Pam Kelley