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A Chicago Community Puts Mixed-Income Housing To The Test

A resident of Lathrop Homes leaves one of the few occupied buildings in the development. The city wants to redevelop the public housing as mixed use, and offered vouchers to encourage residents to relocate. Cheryl Corley/NPR hide caption

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Cities Project

A Chicago Community Puts Mixed-Income Housing To The Test

February 5, 2015 • Chicago plans to replace its Lathrop Homes public housing project with a mix of condos and affordable housing. Residents say it doesn't need a revamp — and that the overhaul will displace too many.

A Chicago Community Puts Mixed-Income Housing To The Test

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New York Skyscraper's Separate 'Poor Door' Called A Disgrace

Lower-income residents may find affordable housing hard to come by in Manhattan. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption

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Economy

New York Skyscraper's Separate 'Poor Door' Called A Disgrace

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July 30, 2014 • A developer got tax breaks for creating affordable units in its luxury high-rise, but those tenants will have to use a separate entrance. Officials vow to review zoning laws that allowed the design.

New York Skyscraper's Separate 'Poor Door' Called A Disgrace

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It's All Politics

Obama's Executive-Power Use Shows He Still Holds Some Cards

October 24, 2011 • An advantage of being the incumbent in the Oval Office seeking re-election was readily evident Monday in President Obama's roll-out of his administration's latest effort to help struggling homeowners. The president's executive power allows him to actually put into effect real changes as opposed to merely proposing them which is pretty much all the Republican presidential candidates can do.

Blog Of The Nation

Hypothesis Proved?

March 31, 2011 • The Chicago Housing Authority began demolishing the lone-standing high rise at the Cabrini-Green housing project. Originally perceived as a sensible move in housing the urban poor, it was later derided as public housing's number one failure.