12/5/16 Highlights

Another affordable housing link to start off, this one on the myth that affordable housing hurts home values nearby:

https://www.trulia.com/blog/trends/low-income-housing/?utm_content=buffer38ab4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

More on Evicted

Matthew Desmond's book continues to receive much well-deserved attention, and this column from Nicholas Kristof is an example:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/opinion/so-little-to-ask-for-a-home.html

Rural housing issues and the opioid epidemic

Interesting perspective:

http://www.citylab.com/housing/2016/12/how-the-opioid-epidemic-is-an-infrastructure-issue/511538/?utm_source=SFFB

Just a fun map

As an "art project," this was drawn up to show what the country might look like if the states were evenly divided by population (at the time of the 2010 census):

http://mentalfloss.com/article/58809/us-map-redrawn-50-states-equal-population