Stacked Against Us

Escaping the Housing Trap

Nov 25, 2025
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Hands-On Incremental Development

  • Monty Anderson buys rundown homes, renovates them, and subdivides spaces to add invisible housing.
  • He often lives in his projects to test operations and learn what needs fixing.
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Librarians Turned Local Developers

  • Jennifer Haneke and Sarah Hill bought and rehabilitated multiple vacant historic homes in South Bend.
  • They met neighbors by working on houses and rebuilt community trust block by block.
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Saving A Cultural Landmark

  • Bernice Radel rescued Buffalo's Mohawk music venue to prevent demolition and planned a nonprofit stewardship model.
  • She personally participated in cleanup and restoration to preserve local culture.
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