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From slums to cities: Tackling housing deficit

As Kenya rolls out its ambitious plan to ensure every citizen has access to decent housing, a looming global housing crisis ...
Opponents say survey shows number of accessory dwellings units could soar By renting a former carriage house in the alley behind East Fifth Avenue, Wade Nelson said he could afford to live in Durango ...
FRESNO, County. (KFSN) -- A showdown over plans to deal with substandard housing in Fresno is expected this week. Two city council members are pushing a plan to deal with what they call "slum housing, ...
Fast economic growth often carries a high price for some of the poorest residents as slums are cleared, sometimes by force. But the Four Regions... Southeast Asian Slums Network For Housing Rights ...
Robert J. Booker is a freelance writer and former executive director of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center. Twenty years before the city, with the aid of the Knoxville Housing Authority, laid waste to ...
SOME people are upset by slums. They feel sick themselves when they find four or five children sharing a bed in a windowless room and realize that the tubercular cough of one youngster means the ...
Herbert Hoover, raised in the country, is a champion of the small home owner. His committees and conferences and finally the Home Loan Bank system have all been designed to preserve the independence ...
Fast economic growth in many countries often carries a high price for some of the poorest residents: Vast slums are cleared by urban planners and commercial developers, sometimes by force. But there's ...