Motivation

Guys! We’re almost done! Next week at this time, all we have to worry about is putting our hard work on the web!

 

- K

tuesday’s work: the beginning foundations.

Shaken Foundations: Local Impact of the National Housing Crisis

 About us

Sara Alterman compares an urban (Area 4 Cambridge) and a suburban community (Sudbury) and examines the symbiotic impact of foreclosures.

Eric D’Orazio examines who is profiting off the foreclosure crisis.

Javier Garcia-Albea explores how communities are fighting back against rising costs and foreclosure.

Katelyn Harding examines the growth of McMansions in towns like Wellesley, Lincoln and Weston.

David Maltz looks at how urban renters are affected by the rising costs to live.

Colleen Thompson examines how recent college graduates are affected by high housing costs in Boston.

 About this project

A multimedia collaboration of Emerson College’s graduate journalism students, Shaken Foundations examines how the national housing crisis affects Massachusetts communities across race and class lines.  How is the housing crisis affecting renters? How are communities fighting back? Where do people go when they have to abandon their homes? Who is profiting from the foreclosure crisis? These are some of the questions Shaken Foundations attempts to answer.