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Part 7 – Real People, Real Housing Stories: Hannah
While the idea of homeownership is something Hannah desires, it unfortunately seems out of reach, “I think about trying to buy a house, but I work hourly jobs.” Planning for a home would mean she’d have to drastically alter her other high-priority expenses, such as selling her car or unenrolling from health insurance to cut expenses.
Part 6 – The Real People of Nashville’s Housing Crisis
The housing crisis is not a priority in Nashville and that’s what sickens me…but we’re getting new stadiums, bars, upgrades to Broadway, and tall & skinnies.
Part 5: Affordable Housing 101: Affordable for whom?!
According to the Metro Nashville Human Relations Commission, nearly 70% of Nashville residents fall into affordable or workforce housing.
Part 4 – Nashville Planning Department: We asked. You answered.
Housing discrimination and affordable housing are connected because when people are discriminated against by powerful systems, those same systems continue to perpetuate harm in other ways including education, finance, and healthcare.
Part 3 – Housing discrimination: Who’s to blame and shame?
Redlining. Urban renewal. Gentrification. Each began decades ago with legislative policy, industry standards, and community practices rooted in racism and discrimination.
Part 2 – Housing discrimination: How’d we get here?
Spoiler alert: Housing injustice is deeply rooted in racism and pervasive systems of oppression.
Part 1/Intro – Ringing the doorbell on the housing crisis
Stand Up Nashville presents, “Home Is Where You Can Afford It: Nashville’s Affordable Housing Crisis”, a thought provoking series on the housing crisis in Music City.
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