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
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Says There Is No Housing Crisis: ‘It’s Just Housing Under Capitalism’ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Says There Is No Housing Crisis: ‘It’s Just Housing Under Capitalism’
The author and academic tells The Nation, “We don’t have to live like this.”
Sep 24, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini
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 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
Trump’s Plan to Solve Homelessness Is Horrifying Trump’s Plan to Solve Homelessness Is Horrifying
Democrats are right to be outraged—but their ideas aren’t much better.
Sep 18, 2019 / Jake Bittle
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 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
DC’s Leaders Shouldn’t Wait to Prioritize Racial Equity DC’s Leaders Shouldn’t Wait to Prioritize Racial Equity
Activists in Washington say the mayor’s proposed budget would worsen disinvestment in black communities.
May 7, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
The ‘Hidden’ Crisis of Rural Homelessness The ‘Hidden’ Crisis of Rural Homelessness
Until the federal government tackles rural homelessness as a distinct issue, the problem will only get worse.
Mar 28, 2019 / Jake Bittle
What Happens When Gentrification Comes to a Postindustrial City? What Happens When Gentrification Comes to a Postindustrial City?
New development in Worcester, Massachusetts, threatens the city’s poorest.
Jan 30, 2019 / Maia Hibbett
Is New York City’s Public Housing Ready for the Next Storm? Is New York City’s Public Housing Ready for the Next Storm?
More than six years after Superstorm Sandy, and in an age of increasing climate uncertainty, the city’s public housing facilities are still dangerously vulnerable.
Jan 29, 2019 / Photo Essay / Sophie Kasakove and Tracie Williams
Who Gets Hurt When the Government Shuts Down? Who Gets Hurt When the Government Shuts Down?
The people who rely on the government for food, housing, and their paychecks.
Jan 9, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter