Tag: Foreclosure

New State Bank Bills Address Credit and Housing Crises

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Seventeen states have now introduced bills for state-owned banks, and others are in the works. Read more »

From Foreclosure to Occupation

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A group of low-income San Franciscans has come up with a solution to the housing crisis: buy foreclosed buildings. Read more »

Home-Sharing Programs Offer Longer-Term Housing Solutions

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Sonoma County's Committee on the Shelterless helps find solutions for both people needing homes and people struggling to keep their homes. Read more »

This Week in Sharing

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Here are some links we at Shareable found worth clicking this week. Enjoy the browser window full of tabs and, as always, share your own links in the comments. Read more »

A Shareable Vision for Housing

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I just stumbled across this local news article from Wisconsin:


Squatting. Is it a small-scale land grab? Or a direct action to fight homelessness? A grass-roots group called Operation Welcome Home is raising the issue here. Read more »

Can We Build Homes on Trust?

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For decades, Australia has been fascinated with homeownership—as a national ideal, wealth creation vehicle, and shaper of individual, family, and national identity. Read more »

What Neighborhoods Are Best Weathering the Foreclosure Crisis?

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I just discovered a 2009 study of what kinds of neighborhoods in six regions -- St. Louis, Cleveland, East Bay, Riverside, Chicago, and Atlanta -- are proving most resilient in the face of the foreclosure crisis. Read more »

Death of an Exurb

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In general, we like to keep things positive here at Shareable.net. But sometimes we have to remind ourselves of the problems we confront and the reasons why seeking solutions is so urgent. Read more »

How to Stop Foreclosure through Homesharing

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Q: What Are Ways that Sharing Home Ownership Can Help Avert Foreclosures?
A: Sharing is one solution to an unforgiving housing crisis, and it may even be a trend. Read more »
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