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Photo collage of buildings being torn down in East Garfield Park.

Disinvested: How Government and Private Industry Let the Main Street of a Black Neighborhood Crumble

by Tony Briscoe, Haru Coryne and Mick Dumke,

A person holding an eviction notice with their hands bound in disorganized ropes

Arkansas: My Landlord Is Trying to Kick Me Out. What Can I Do?

by Maya Miller and Ellis Simani,

To Reclaim Ancestral Land, All Native Hawaiians Need Is a $300,000 Mortgage and to Wait in Line for Decades

by Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica,

How We Found Low-Income Hawaiians Were Left Behind by the Homesteading Program

by Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Rob Perez, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

The Kushners’ Freddie Mac Loan Wasn’t Just Massive. It Came With Unusually Good Terms, Too.

by Heather Vogell,

Obama and the Beach House Loopholes

by Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser,

Cannabis, Lies and Foreign Cash: A Mother and Daughter’s Journey Through the Underground Mask Trade

by J. David McSwane,

Millions of Homeowners Who Need Flood Insurance Don’t Know It — Thanks to FEMA

by Lisa Song and Tony Briscoe,

Can You Be Evicted During Coronavirus? Here’s How to Find Out.

by Jeff Ernsthausen, Ellis Simani and Al Shaw,

The Sears Headquarters Deal Cost Taxpayers $500 Million. 30 Years Later, There’s Little to Show for It.

by David Bernstein for The Daily Herald,

Meet the Shadowy Accountants Who Do Trump’s Taxes and Help Him Seem Richer Than He Is

by Peter Elkind, ProPublica, and Meg Cramer, WNYC, with Doris Burke, ProPublica,

Lo que necesita saber acerca de cómo funciona realmente la Sección 8

por Maya Miller,

What You Need to Know About How Section 8 Really Works

by Maya Miller,

How Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

The IRS Tried to Crack Down on Rich People Using an “Abusive” Tax Deduction. It Hasn’t Gone So Well.

by Peter Elkind,

Separated by Design: Why Affordable Housing Is Built in Areas With High Crime, Few Jobs and Struggling Schools

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

How a Tax Break to Help the Poor Went to NBA Owner Dan Gilbert

by Jeff Ernsthausen and Justin Elliott,

Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Hit to Homeowners

by Allan Sloan,

How a Politically Powerful Family Muscled a Nonprofit Out of Some of a City’s Most Valuable Land

by Jeff Pillets and Nancy Solomon, WNYC,

How to Close Heirs’ Property Loopholes

by Lizzie Presser,

One Trump Tax Cut Was Meant to Help the Poor. A Billionaire Ended Up Winning Big.

by Jeff Ernsthausen and Justin Elliott,

Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

Behind the Scenes, Health Insurers Use Cash and Gifts to Sway Which Benefits Employers Choose

by Marshall Allen,

How the Trash Industry Worked Overtime Trying to Thwart New York City’s Reform Plans

by Kiera Feldman for ProPublica,

How a Consultant Said He Gamed HUD Inspections: Sweep Problems Behind a Wall

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan, and Patrick Johnson, The Republican,

“Pretty Much a Failure”: HUD Inspections Pass Dangerous Apartments Filled With Rats, Roaches and Toxic Mold

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan,

HUD Long Neglected These Residents. Now As They Move Out, Some Feel HUD Let Them Down Again.

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan,

After a Sweet Deal With Dad, Eric Trump Assembles a Valuable Penthouse

by Derek Kravitz, ProPublica, and Will Parker, The Real Deal,

The Billion-Dollar Loophole

by Peter Elkind,

Facebook (Still) Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race

by Julia Angwin, Ariana Tobin and Madeleine Varner,

Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud

by Jesse Eisinger and Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz, WNYC,

The ‘International Man of Mystery’ Linked to Flynn’s Lobbying Deal

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Many ‘Rent-Stabilized’ NYC Apartments Are Not Really Stabilized. See Where They Are.

by Cezary Podkul,

New York Landlords Exploit Loophole to Hike Rents Despite Freeze

by Cezary Podkul,

How a Tip About Habitat for Humanity Became a Story

by Marcelo Rochabrun,

Fire Fight

Robert Faturechi,

How Habitat for Humanity Went to Brooklyn and Poor Families Lost Their Homes

Marcelo Rochabrun,

The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods

Paul Kiel and Annie Waldman,

Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Housing Enforcement Group Sues M&T Bank for Discrimination

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Former Employees Say

by Paul Kiel,

For Most Homeowners, Gov't Foreclosure Deal Brings A Few Hundred Bucks

by Paul Kiel,

Disparate Impact and Fair Housing: Seven Cases You Should Know

by Christie Thompson,

Soft on Segregation: How the Feds Failed to Integrate Westchester County

by Nikole Hannah-Jones,

Four Whistleblowers Who Sounded the Alarm on Banks' Mortgage Shenanigans

by Cora Currier,

Profiles: Shoddy Bank Practices Continue Even After Mortgage Mods

by Paul Kiel,

Dems: Obama Broke Pledge to Force Banks to Help Homeowners

by Paul Kiel and Olga Pierce,

Banks Modifying Tiny Percentage of Mortgages in Need

by Paul Kiel,

Amid Foreclosure Questions, Govt Loan Mod Program Continues Struggles

by Paul Kiel,

Banks' Self-Dealing Super-Charged Financial Crisis

by Jake Bernstein and Jesse Eisinger,