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![An aerial view of Mexico City, Mexico in 2016.]()
![An aerial view of Mexico City, Mexico in 2016.]()
Mexico City could sink up to 65 feet
Due to a phenomenon called subsidence, the metropolis's landscape is compacting — and parts of the city are now dropping a foot and a half each year.
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![An aerial view of San Francisco city-sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.]()
![An aerial view of San Francisco city-sanctioned tent encampment for the homeless during the COVID-19 pandemic.]()
There’s federal money available to house the homeless. No one’s taking it.
FEMA is reimbursing cities that want to relieve homelessness, but only 23 local governments have signed up.
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![An aerial view from a drone shows a vehicle driving through a flooded street after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds.]()
![An aerial view from a drone shows a vehicle driving through a flooded street after Hurricane Sally passed through the area on September 17, 2020 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The storm came ashore with heavy rain and high winds.]()
Is your home in a flood-prone zone? In most states, you won’t find out until after you buy.
A dearth of flood disclosure laws is creating false real estate markets across the U.S.
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![Social activists, homeless residents, and supporters rally at the start of a 24-hour vigil to block a planned shutdown of a homeless encampment at Echo Lake Park in Los Angeles]()
![Social activists, homeless residents, and supporters rally at the start of a 24-hour vigil to block a planned shutdown of a homeless encampment at Echo Lake Park in Los Angeles]()
As COVID restrictions lift, green spaces are the front lines in a fight for housing justice
L.A.’s Echo Park was an oasis for the unhoused during the pandemic — until the city forcibly removed them.
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House hunters are fleeing climate change, causing a new kind of gentrification
A new survey shows that Americans are factoring climate change into their moving plans. This could push low-income families into at-risk areas.
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![an illustration of a street in Paris with a row of buildings. In the center, the building is slightly green with cannabis leaves on the outside.]()
![an illustration of a street in Paris with a row of buildings. In the center, the building is slightly green with cannabis leaves on the outside.]()
The secret ingredient in Paris’ green public housing
How cannabis can be part of an affordable housing future — not just one for eco-conscious elites.
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![A large house with a red picket fence drawn around it and multi family housing on each side of the image]()
![A large house with a red picket fence drawn around it and multi family housing on each side of the image]()
Zoned out: One woman’s half-century fight to desegregate Berkeley
The legacy of race-based housing rules continues to shape the landscape of big cities.
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This abandoned Walmart has been reclaimed as a public library
The McAllen Public Library is the size of 2.5 football fields -- the largest single-story library in the United States.
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Read a prophetic Ray Bradbury story about car culture
Indelibly important science fiction author and giant of my childhood Ray Bradbury, who died last night, would probably never have described himself as writing about environmentalism — “A lot of […]
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Politically conservative cities suck for pedestrians
Walkin’ in politically conservative cities, walkin’ in politically conservative cities, nobody walks in politically conservative citiiiiies. Okay this is not very catchy, but Will Oremus at Slate has noticed that it’s […]
