May 2022

Summary

There are systematic reasons home ownership has become more and more out of reach. One factor is private capital buying up homes with cash in bulk, essentially converting neighborhoods to private equity cash cows. We pilloried these machinations and mapped the infectious spread of the problem across North Carolina.

Awards

Scripps Howard Award Finalist

Team

Rachel Handley (illustration)

Sohail Al-Jamea (animation)

Tools

svelte, maplibre

Cut Off

Big Poultry