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Opinion: Debunking stereotypes about mobile homes could make them a new face of affordable housing

Opinion: Debunking stereotypes about mobile homes could make them a new face of affordable housing

Manufactured housing – the preferred name for what were once called mobile homes – has changed dramatically in recent decades. Three planning experts call for giving it a new look.
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How decades of racist housing policy left neighborhoods sweltering

How decades of racist housing policy left neighborhoods sweltering

Redlining helped reshape the urban landscape of U.S. cities. It also left communities of color far more vulnerable to rising heat.
Study: Systemic racism hurts plant and animal diversity too

Study: Systemic racism hurts plant and animal diversity too

Biodiversity is closely tied to racial equality, say scientists.
The link between redlining and extreme urban heat

The link between redlining and extreme urban heat

A new study suggests yet another lingering effect of 1930s-era redlining: extreme heat.
After Harvey, Texas enacts tougher flood disclosure law to help home buyers
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After Harvey, Texas enacts tougher flood disclosure law to help home buyers

In many places there's no requirement to tell a home buyer if a house is at risk of flooding, even as climate change increases that risk. Some hope a new Texas law will be a national model.
Minneapolis saw that NIMBYism has victims

Minneapolis saw that NIMBYism has victims

Single-family zoning hurts a lot of people. In Minnesota’s largest city, reformers put them front and center.
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