This Small City Has a Plan to Fight the Silicon Valley Housing Crisis This Small City Has a Plan to Fight the Silicon Valley Housing Crisis
A ballot initiative in Richmond, California, could help determine whether rent control makes a comeback in the Bay Area.
Nov 4, 2016 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
How Banks Stole Homes From the Most Vulnerable New Yorkers How Banks Stole Homes From the Most Vulnerable New Yorkers
“Reverse redlining” flooded communities of color with toxic mortgages, practically ensuring default.
Jul 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen
In New Orleans, Criminal Justice Meets Housing Justice In New Orleans, Criminal Justice Meets Housing Justice
When you’re released from jail, you’ve served your time. So why do so many cities still bar the formerly incarcerated from public housing?
May 13, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Dispatch From Rio: The Muted Olympic Hype Is Deafening Dispatch From Rio: The Muted Olympic Hype Is Deafening
With less than 90 days until the Summer Games, it’s all pain and no party in Rio.
May 10, 2016 / Dave Zirin
The Case for Public Housing The Case for Public Housing
The market can’t solve the nation’s affordable housing crisis. The gap between costs and incomes is just too large.
May 6, 2016 / Matthew Gordon Lasner
No Plumbing, No Protection: The Story of Milwaukee’s Evicted No Plumbing, No Protection: The Story of Milwaukee’s Evicted
Many of the worst symptoms of American poverty are rooted in the instability brought on by eviction, according to a new book by sociologist Matthew Desmond.
Apr 29, 2016 / Alyssa Katz
‘So Many Doors Have Been Closed in My Face’ ‘So Many Doors Have Been Closed in My Face’
What three Americans told the attorney general and HUD secretary about living with criminal records.
Apr 26, 2016 / Tyrone Peake, Helen Stokes, and Ronald Lewis