housing

Tenants get together and fight slumlord

December 13, 2011 By David Bacon

Doyle Gardens sounds like it might be a pleasant apartment complex, where residents stroll down walkways between flowerbeds surrounded by greenery. Its name is a lie.

Untimely storm tests the resolve of Occupy Wall Street

October 31, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta

Walking through Liberty Plaza Park (Zuccotti Park) Sunday, October 30, the day after an untimely winter storm, gave proof that Occupy Wall Street is here to stay.

Who owns foreclosed homes in Mass.? No one seems to know

October 20, 2011 By Joe Sims

A new and potentially significant wrinkle was added to the ongoing crisis in the housing market.

Groups demand Bank of America stop foreclosures, pay taxes

August 17, 2011 By Tony Pecinovsky

BOA made $10 billion in profits last year. However, they paid nothing in taxes.

For New Orleans, Brad Pitt houses were not enough

August 1, 2011 By John Wojcik

Some of the gleaming new structures sit opposite desolate, abandoned lots while others are sandwiched in between crumbling houses to which no one has returned.