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Overpopulation in Utah
Eli, , Spring 2023, Immigration, Housing, Gentrification, This is America, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Judge Memorial, 0https://nowcomment.com/documents/342174
Tiny Apartments In Tokyo
Dalia, , Questioning and posing problems, Thinking & communicating with clarity and precision, Fall 2022, Showcase, Housing, Social Class, Environment, Sustainable Cities and Communities, #Japan, #smalllivingspaces, Orange Cove High School, 1In the article, “Tokyo’s Teeny- Tiny Homes” (Upfront, Hayashi, 2022 subscription required) the amount of college students in Japan...
3-D Printed Homes
Ana, , Creating Community, Housing, Housing, natural disasters, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article “A 3-D Printed Neighborhood” (Upfront) I learned that flooding back in March 2019 in Hamburg, Iowa...
Why housing prices are overwhelmingly high?
Jiang, , Minimum Wage, No Poverty (Economy), Housing, American Dream, Community, March for Our Lives, being alive, Housing, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, finance, social pressure, 1“Everybody expected housing to really sort of dry up with the rest of the economy,” said National Association of...
What age is best to move out of your parents house?
Murad, , Housing, My Beautiful Neighborhood, adulthood, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, lifestyle, 5I am a senior and after graduating high school I will go to college. A lot of people during...
Why new generations do not want to have kids anymore?
Jiang, , Family, Housing, having kids, Parents, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, young genration, 1China’s birth rate has once again hit a record low. According to the latest data, the birth rate has...
Machismo
Lilyana, , Immigration, Housing, Latino Power, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, #Latina/Hispanic, Machismo, Toxic Masculinity, Latin America, 1This article consists of Hispanic American households and Machismo. Machismo is this idea of being manly and having this...
How does Divorce Affect Children?
Lily V, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Good Health and Well-Being, Fall 2021, Showcase, Family, Housing, divorce, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 4I wanted to learn how children are psychologically affected by divorce. I found this article that talks about how...
Natural Devastations
Aaliyah, , Housing, Climate Action, Environment & World, disasters, Orange Cove High School, 0In the article, “Devastation in Central America,” Guatemala and Honduras were affected and torn by two strong hurricanes. The...
Homes are a big part of Salt Lake City’s air pollution problem — and are also the solution.
Milo, , Spring 2021, Showcase, Affordable and Clean Energy, Housing, Environment & World, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Housing, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 3In this NowComment article, I went over the issue of air pollution within my state of Utah. Specifically, how...
Who should be doing the domestic work in a household?
Alondra, , Family, Housing, Point of View, Showcase, Good Health and Well-Being, Fall 2020, Gender, #household, Housing, #chores, #genderroles, family deserve happiness, work hard, #family #love #uniting #memoircomic #drawing, Orange Cove High School, Gender equality, #domesticwork, 1In the article ¨Who’s Still Doing The Housework¨ by Claire Cain Miller and Chrisanne Grise it says that the...
Unaffordable Housing
Jackson, , Showcase, Homelessness, Housing, Spring 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0Across the US, the lack of affordable housing has reached a crisis. In some of the biggest cities, like...
Is it worth giving Americans $1,000?
Dominic, , Pitching, Minimum Wage, Spring 2020, Homelessness, Coronavirus, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Debt, Housing, Media, Call to Action, Community, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1The US is debating on giving people $1,000 to help them support their family and to get bills and...
Affordable Housing Crisis
Nic, , Showcase, Housing, Spring 2020, Coronavirus, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0A shocking study done by the National Low Income Housing Coalition found that” the average minimum wage worker working...
Housing Epidemic in the Bay Area
Theo, , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Housing, Fall 2019, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Showcase, Berkeley High School, homelessness, 3The Bay Area housing crisis is an important issue to me for the sole reason that I have grown...
Teachers and Rent in Oakland
Cesar, , Quality Education, Housing, Fall 2019, Oakland, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Showcase, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, rent, #Teachers, 9What is a giant problem that teachers are struggling with? The average rent in Oakland is $2,916, an 8%...
Construction is Causing Rent Increase
Melissa, , Gentrification, Fall 2019, Oakland, Showcase, Housing, Responsible Consumption and Production, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, gentrification, #OUSD, construction, rent inrease, Oakland, community, 7Did you know that from 2014 to 2018 rents have increased by 35%? This all has to do with...
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The Bay Area Housing Crisis
Alani, , Spring 2019, Showcase, Housing, Fall 2018, Berkeley High School, 0The Bay Area housing crisis is a serious and ongoing issue that is affecting many. It affecting people who...
Why are people Moving in and out?
Kassandra, , Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, Housing, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, rent, #Evictions, jobs, 6Why are people Moving in and out? Why are people that have lived in Oakland all their lives...
Landlords Increase Rent Prices
Ingrid, , Housing, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Showcase, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, #landlords, #rentchange, #rentincrease, Housing, 7Ingrid Ramirez Humanities 9 Ms. Portugal 12/21/18 Landlords Increase Rent Prices Rent change in prices has been...
The Rise of Homelessness in NYC
Lena, , Housing, Spring 2018, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Homelessness, NYC, #helpthoseinneed, #asmallchangemakesabigdifference, #getinvolved, #nofamily, #weareallhuman, Help, homelessness, 2Since the Great Depression, there has been a great rise of homelessness in NYC. There are various ways to...
Gentrification in Oakland
Manuel, , Housing, Community, Fall 2017, Gentrification, Showcase, Rights, No Poverty (Economy), Rights, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, gentrification, life, 2“28 percent of the people that are kicked out of their home make $30,000 yearly” (Allen-Price). This shows that...
Things might never be the same in Oakland…
Mario, , Fall 2017, Gentrification, Showcase, Housing, Community, #@lifelikemario, gentrification, rent, prices, Oakland, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 2How is gentrification affecting Oakland’s rent prices? Why are Landlords raising the prices of our rents? Have we done...
The Achievement Gap
Ariel, , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Community, No Poverty (Economy), Decision Making, Politics, Goals, Biases, Debt, The Fifth Column, Housing, Good Health and Well-Being, Point of View, Showcase, Latino Power, Quality Education, Call to Action, Race Relations, American Dream, Black Lives Matter, Argument, Okemos High School, 1The achievement gap is the measurable disparity of the socioeconomic statuses and educational performance of different groups of people...
Neocolonialism in Africa
Ariel, , Black Lives Matter, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Debt, Rights, Housing, Family, Social Class, Spring 2017, Nature, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Politics, Quality Education, Crime, Race Relations, History, Okemos High School, poverty, Politics, africa, 1To Whomever Cares to Listen, “Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third power,”...
NYC Public Housing Needs AC’s!
SydneyEvalunaEleanor, , Argument, Showcase, Quality Education, Homelessness, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Sustainable Cities and Communities, Housing, Call to Action, Spring 2017, Public Housing, NYC, AC's, Harlem, Bronx Science, 1“I have an AC in every room. With these brick walls? I’d die without it,” said one public housing...
Why are people Homeless?
Breanna, , Homelessness, Good Health and Well-Being, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Drugs, Fall 2016, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Happiness, Books or Plays, Housing, Call to Action, Showcase, #homeless #need help #no job #sick #alone, 3During the past few weeks, I have been reading Homelessness by Karen Latchana Kenny. As said in my previous post,...
We Need Changes in Poverty, Income Inequality, and Health Care
Gabriel, , Housing, Good Health and Well-Being, Showcase, 2nextprez, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Family, Fall 2016, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Friendship, #2nextprez #policebrutality, 2Dear Next President: I am a high school student that goes to Fremont High in Oakland California named Gabriel...
Stop Police Brutality and Reduce the Rent
Fili, , No Poverty (Economy), Housing, Police, 2nextprez, Black Lives Matter, 1Dear Future President, I wonder if police brutality will ever stop. The reason why I’m writing this to you...
Homelessness, Unemployment, Education
Jerome, , Showcase, Quality Education, Homelessness, Fall 2016, No Poverty (Economy), Housing, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Decent Work and Economic Growth, 0Dear Next President, My name is Jerome Pope Jr. I think you’ll be a great president for the US....