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Posted inFaith, GoodNews
A former convent gives adults with autism an independent living option in New York
Young adults with autism have few places to turn when the services they received as children end. This leads many autistic adults to live at home for years with parents who worry for their children as they age.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Homelessness is proof of our failed economic system
Rather than make it easier to find affordable housing, governments at all levels are trying to “solve” homelessness by criminalizing the actions of homeless people.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
‘Love’ gives a theatrical voice to the homeless with humor and heartbreak
“Love,” a new play by Alexander Zeldin, is not a grim report on poverty nor a blistering call for social reform, but simply lets the poor speak their own stories.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A young Canadian woman is reconsidering medically assisted dying after a GoFundMe campaign
For a young woman with acute environmental hypersensitivity, applying to government authorities for assistance with dying has proved far easier than dealing with the housing bureaucracy.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Replacement theory and NIMBYism have the same racist roots
The great replacement theory and its undisguised racism have horrified all but the most right-wing political leaders.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Homelessness is only getting worse, but we know the solution: a right to housing.
For decades, the United States has responded to homelessness with small change. It’s time to think big and treat housing as a human right.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Urban planning can facilitate friendship — and the Catholic Church can help
We need a new image of what it means to be a good neighbor.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Homelessness isn’t inevitable — and this Catholic woman is working to end it.
Jesus said the poor will always be with us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t end homelessness.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We all love Zillow browsing. But there’s a dark side to the real estate app.
Zillow got burned by paying too much for houses. U.S. families are getting burned by skyrocketing housing costs. Artificial intelligence may be making things worse for both.