What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis
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What Kalamazoo (Yes, Kalamazoo) Reveals About the Nation’s Housing Crisis

A decade ago, the city — and all of Michigan — had too many houses. Now it has a shortage. The shift there explains today’s costly housing market in the rest of the country.
Opportunity Zones, Lauded by Trump, Don’t Always Help Poor
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Opportunity Zones, Lauded by Trump, Don’t Always Help Poor

A tax incentive, with bipartisan roots, aims to foster development in poor areas. It has fueled building, but it hasn’t always aided local residents.