Word: shelterer
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...vision at the core of American hopes, a tender blend of expectation and nostalgia. It derives its imagery from the historical spaciousness of the land (God's country, after all, his bounteous land grant, the interminable individualist homestead unfolding toward the horizon) and the simultaneous need for shelter that its harshness imposed. A people so socially and geographically mobile used housing as an instrument to trumpet their wherewithal, their substance, their civic presence. They have sometimes nearly impoverished themselves to anchor their identities in their homes. In a 1920 magazine serial called "More Stately Mansions," a social-climbing wife...
...attorneys' graceful, paneled office come in a predictable stream of self-serving homilies. But the words are not the important part. It is the tone that matters: these people are in charge, they always will be, and they will care for their own kind. Cops, too, try to shelter their own, but their authority on the street is nothing in the courtroom. For a while, Danny Ciello does indeed seem to be the prince of the city, but in the end everyone realizes that the true monarchs would never yield their power...
...Labor Statistics calculates the consumer price index on the basis of the price of a variety of goods and services that an average family buys during a month. Housing costs account for 25.8% of the CPI, since that is how much of its budget a typical family spends on shelter. A sharp jump in mortgage rates, such as has occurred in the past few months, can thus have an important effect on the level...
...Venezuela been able to solve its glaring social problems. The hills around Caracas' glittering downtown of high-rises and posh apartments remain dotted with ramshackle slums, ranchitos, where water is scarce and living conditions are crowded and unsanitary. Some 700,000 Venezuelans have no proper shelter; the government housing program designed to help them has been stalled for the past two years because of red tape. Over time, Venezuelans could well grow impatient at seeing money spent abroad when their own needs have not been met, provoking a political backlash. Says one Venezuelan economist: "People here are very nervous...
...this end, John has lived the last three years in group situations in which inhabitants share food, money, shelter, and prayer. This "gospel-based lifestyle," he says, "helps sustain me for the long haul." His religious faith, which he rejected in adolescence and reclaimed during college, has helped to shape his political response. Among his housemates and partners in activism have been Quakers, Episcopalians, and Buddhists--all of whom have inspired and challenged his faith. "I find much more hope living in communities with people who have made traditional religious vows that also include lay people," he points out, emphasizing...