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Tourists stroll down a street that is packed with bars and restaurants, in Medellin's Provenza neighborhood.

Medellín was one of the world’s most dangerous cities. Now, it’s trying to grapple with an influx of tourists.

Community

With a reputation for being fun, affordable and surrounded by nature, Medellín has become Colombia’s most visited city. But a recent boom in tourism has also been bittersweet for some locals, who are being priced out of the city’s most appealing neighborhoods.

Children all over a colorful classroom

This Massachusetts school district focuses on the well-being of homeless immigrant students

Education
neighborhood sidewalk

‘How long will this continue?’: People in Istanbul see their rents double as inflation soars

Economics
The sun sets over the Toronto skyline during the opening ceremony for the Pan Am Games

Canada’s soaring housing prices leave potential homeowners with limited choices. Local and federal govts are trying to help.

Economics
A man sweeps the floor in a church being turned into an apartment

Refugees in Maine find it harder to afford housing as remote workers move in

Refugees
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Brazilian housing movements fight surging evictions amid coronavirus

Displacement

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, more than 1,700 families have been thrown out of their homes just in the state of São Paulo, according to the Observatory of Forced Removals at the ABC University. 

a woman in buenos aires stands in front of her informal home

Onerous standard rent deals in Buenos Aires force many into informal settlements

Economics

Rents in many informal settlements in Buenos Aires are just as high as rents in the city’s safer districts, which boast better utilities. But many have no choice but to live in the former, because rental contracts in the latter demand onerous down payments beyond the reach of many locals.

Pecan Acres

Frequent flooding in Louisiana could lead to buyouts for entire neighborhoods

Economics

“Let us all come together so we can go as one and move another place instead of flooding out every year because we’re getting older,” says one resident of Pecan Acres, in Pointe Coupee Parish. “We’ll be better off. We won’t got to worry about worrying when the storms come.”

A general view of the residential apartments is pictured at Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi

If you’re single, a lawyer or Muslim, Delhi’s apartments aren’t for you

Economics

In India, Delhi, has a problem with housing. There’s not enough of it, and what there is often won’t be rented to people from certain backgrounds.

Yue Chang Zhou and his wife were asked to leave their apartment in a Los Angeles single room occupancy building

Have you heard of ‘cash for keys’? Many elderly immigrants in LA have — and are fighting it.

Economics

How one community group is helping low-income residents — many of them immigrants — realize their tenant rights.

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