How a Collective of Mothers Flipped the Script on Housing How a Collective of Mothers Flipped the Script on Housing
When the group Moms 4 Housing occupied a vacant house in West Oakland, they were confronting a system designed to exclude them.
Jan 24, 2020 / Jonny Coleman
A Roof Is Only the Beginning A Roof Is Only the Beginning
The Housing First model prioritizes providing apartments, but people who are homeless need more than a home to stay housed.
Dec 23, 2019 / Michelle Chen
This Housing Policy Proposal Is Radically Inclusive This Housing Policy Proposal Is Radically Inclusive
Riding a wave of tenant victories across the country, People’s Action hopes its grassroots-led campaign will sway platforms for the 2020 election.
Nov 12, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
Our Maniac in the White House: Tales of Woe and Resistance Our Maniac in the White House: Tales of Woe and Resistance
Trump is inflicting enormous damage with his great and unmatched idiocy. But California continues to dance to its own tune, with a raft of progressive legislation.
Oct 11, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants
Under proposed new rules, if a single member of a family is undocumented, the entire family can be evicted.
Oct 1, 2019 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
AOC’s Plan to Decommodify Housing AOC’s Plan to Decommodify Housing
With a new bill that complements the Sanders campaign’s policy, the representative wants to protect renters, not landlords.
Sep 25, 2019 / Sophie Kasakove
With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Roundups of the homeless, destruction of environmental and housing safeguards, collusion with foreign despots to savage reproductive rights—the president is an outlaw.
Sep 20, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
How Stonewall Veteran Jay Toole’s Life Has Changed Since the Riots—and How It Hasn’t How Stonewall Veteran Jay Toole’s Life Has Changed Since the Riots—and How It Hasn’t
Toole sees Stonewall as a turning point for the LGBTQ movement, but not for everyone in it.
Jul 2, 2019 / Feature / Naomi Gordon-Loebl
In the Heart of Real-Estate Power, a Housing Movement Nears Victory In the Heart of Real-Estate Power, a Housing Movement Nears Victory
As tenants organize, New York could become one of the first states to pass “universal rent control.”
May 30, 2019 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias
Trump Has A New Solution for Poverty: Pretend Poor People Don’t Exist Trump Has A New Solution for Poverty: Pretend Poor People Don’t Exist
A proposal to redefine “poverty” would throw potentially millions of low-income people out of government-assistance programs.
May 10, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann