The Privatopia Papers

Today's CID housing is frequently marketed to tap into people's yearning for a strong sense of community. What is usually missing fr...

TV Guide - Today's News: Our Take - Holly Madison Leaves Home After Dispute Over Giant Dog House - DeRidder, LA - Beauregard Daily News ...

High court rules a house is a house, even if it floats | Nation & World | The Seattle Times : Lawyers for the Seattle Floating Homes Ass...

Developer pitches $1B commonwealth for Belle Isle | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com : Detroit — As the broken city thinks big and radica...

Central figure, conspirators in HOA scheme indicted by federal grand jury - News - ReviewJournal.com : "Leon Benzer, the former constru...

HOA President Threatens To Sue Newspaper For Using Neighborhood’s Name In Article – The Consumerist Followup to the story below from an Ind...

Independence Park to be Glenn Beck's 'Galt's Gulch' | Right Wing Watch " On his program last night, Beck revealed that...

Woman says HOA demanded microchip in her dog � Evansville Courier & Press With a bunch of quotes from me, which you can read if you scr...

New federal indictment coming soon in HOA scheme - News - ReviewJournal.com : "Federal prosecutors are preparing to seek a long-awaite...

Brockton, Massachusetts, Considers Eminent Domain To Address Foreclosures : In a move that’s pitting grassroots housing activists against W...

Former Clinton Township housing cooperative employee gets 3 years for theft - The Macomb Daily : A 36-year-old woman was ordered to spend m...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel to announce Midway privatization committee - Transportation News - Crain's Chicago Business : Midway is one of Chica...

New mortgage rules block no-doc loans, limit debt - Chicago Sun-Times "Lenders will be required to verify and inspect borrowers’ fina...

9 Worst Recession Ghost Towns in America : "America has a new kind of ghost town, haunted by the spirits of the recession. Developers ...

Illegal short-term rentals flood N.O. market ahead of Super Bowl | wwltv.com New Orleans " With Super Bowl 2013 just weeks away, acqua...

The 40,000 pound battle of the wheelie bins: Homeowner slapped with massive legal bill after row with neighbour ends up in court | Mail Onli...

‘Disciplinary fees’ show the trouble with charter schools and privatization — MSNBC : "Chicago’s Noble Network of Charter Schools is m...

Corporate personhood advances – in carpool lane - Political Blotter - Politics in the Bay Area and beyond : " Corporate personhood take...

HOAs in the Media: 5 Scandals affecting community associations in 2012 Interesting piece that finds five big "scandals" relating ...

Think tank to study privatizing most Postal Service operations - The Washington Post "As members of Congress pledged Thursday to revi...