When Housing Was Affordable - A Wealth of Common Sense

JOELHO 17, “Co-Operative Housing”

JOELHO 17, “Co-Operative Housing” EDITORS: João Mendes Ribeiro, Nuno Correia, Nuno Travasso In the next issue of JOELHO we will address topics related with contemporary forms of housing. We use the expression “Co-Operative” both in the sense of alternative ways of having access to a house, and in the sense of alternative ways of inhabiting that house. For the former, cooperatives are an excellent example, of course, but it is not the only one. W…

When Housing Was Affordable - A Wealth of Common Sense

When everyone discovered the new pope was from Chicago people immediately dug into Pope Leo’s back story. From Chicago. White Sox fan, not Cubs. Probably liked Portillos, Malort and Lou Malnati’s. It was also uncovered the Pope’s childhood home on the southside of Chicago was listed for sale. It was a relatively small house built in the 1950s with 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, measuring in at 1,050 square fe...