Environmental Justice & Stewardship is the fourth pillar of this City Strides to the Countryside project. This post is a teaser and placeholder for the first full-length post on Environmental Justice & Stewardship. Much of the content of this section will focus on sustainable living as it relates to green home construction, green renovations for a... Continue Reading →
Black Homeownership & Generational Wealth, 2/3 – Public Policy + Financial Literacy
*A previous version of this post was posted by mistake on February 12, 2019. It was a draft of the same title as this current post. As I worked on the previous draft, I realized that I had not done enough research to stand behind my conclusions. The draft was also incomplete. For these reasons,... Continue Reading →
Black Homeownership & Generational Wealth, 1/3 – Intro + Status Quo
“If you are African American or otherwise and you have good income and good credit, having a home is an asset, like your 401(k). Understand it’s an asset. It’s not all peaches and cream. Like anything else, there are issues, but it is a home. And that home over time historically has allowed African Americans... Continue Reading →
Affordable Housing, City Living & Settling Down
"If you look at how long it takes for a person to save up to buy a house-that's sort of the hot indicator now-San Francisco, you know, the Bay Area, we're looking at 27 to 30 years. So basically, you're just not going to buy a house. Seattle's not there yet, but it's still 15... Continue Reading →