#Homeownership

Why? Because the Soviet Union built vertically, providing public housing for all, while leaving ample space for stunning public parks, sports fields, and gardens throughout the city — something that
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The American Dream is a lie for Black people in America. 1st tenetGet a degree: Black Americans have to get two more levels of education to reach the same chance
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Potential Positive Post- Covid Economic Forecast: Strong Middle Class & Upward Mobility How? -Online learning experiences & tools has more young people choosing online & local higher edu options.-Young People
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think both takes are missing something. we had the money *to run a big campaign* but we didn't have the money to replicate the state and media apparatus which is
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7 reasons renting is better than buying.Homeownership may not be all it's cracked up to be. *THREAD* 1. You aren't tied to one placePeople change jobs a lot.If you're self-employed,
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ELMS ON HOMEBUYING:SHOULD YOU SELL? With homes selling for all-time high prices, the majority getting multiple offers, & average offers above asking price, now is an excellent time to SELL
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The last time NYC faced a cataclysmic economic threat, privatization set us on a path of rampant inequality. But there are more promising lessons in our history too. Brooklyn Navy
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What history should you read about the New Deal to inform the present moment?With the caveat that I *will* forget something, so forgive me now: I would skew toward more
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A random on Facebook hit me up: "I THINK I KNOW HOW WE CAN DO REPARATIONS!" They proceeded to talk about giving Black and Latinx people 30-year no-fee/interest-free mortgages as
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One of the major differences between twitter and everyone else when in comes to advocating the policies of their candidates in self-centeredness. Noticed every policy push is about
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I added a new book to my collection.My takeaways [Thread] 1. Pay Yourself first - This may be the most basic maxim in all of personal finance, but if you
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Glad to see universities are just openly acting as loan sharks now. Possibly Northeastern’s theft of $400k from a bunch of teenagers will finally blow the doors open on the
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A housing crash by the end of 2020 may spell the last chance many renters will have to hop into homeownership...if they can survive the upcoming eviction tsunami in the
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I, a historian of racial capitalism, explained redlining to my white neighbor today, who responded "but how was that legal?" in literal disbelief.Always amazed at how little white ppl know
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Becky took the girls to the @HFHBerkeley community garden. This garden has been such a great time as we watch the girls excited to serve the community. Only in South
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the Nazi-German ideal of the post-war Wehrbauer (soldier-farmer) envisioned in Generalplan Ost is more or less the same thing as the midcentury American suburban ideal Generalplan Ost never succeeded (thank
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