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Gentrification changes the personality make-up of cities in just a few years

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Apartment-dwelling children in nonsmoking units still exposed

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Children living in apartments are exposed to secondhand smoke even when no one smokes inside their own unit. This study, released online today by the journal Pediatrics, strongly suggests that housing type contributes to children’s exposure to tobac…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

Report: For every 1 homeless person in Canada, another 23 live in inadequate housing

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TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2010–For every one person in Canada who is homeless, another 23 live in unsafe, crowded or unaffordable housing, meaning the country’s housing crisis is even worse than previously thought, according to Dr. Stephen Hwang of St. Mic…

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Research reveals likely housing winners and losers

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The Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics carried out the research. It developed a life-cycle model to investigate how prices of housing (purchasing and renting), the overall economy and wealth distribution react to changes in te…

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‘Legacy of Katrina’ report details impact of stalled recovery on mental health status of children

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Five years ago Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans caused the evacuation of 1.5 million Gulf Coast residents. After a year, 500,000 people remained displaced, many residing in highly transitional shelters, including the notorious FEMA t…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Earth, Energy & Environment, Health

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