Housing

Via Verde South Bronx

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

Milkwaukee Unemployment

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

A California parolee wears a GPS tracking device on his ankle.

‘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

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