Housing and Homelessness

Homeless man lays beneath NYC skuline

Memo to the Mayor: How You Can Accelerate the Development of Affordable Housing Memo to the Mayor: How You Can Accelerate the Development of Affordable Housing

Don’t just freeze the rent of rent-stabilized units. Don’t allow their demolition at all.

Dec 1, 2025 / Roberta Brandes Gratz

“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”

“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.” “Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”

All too often, when parents can’t afford safe housing, the solution child welfare services offer is putting their children in foster care.

Nov 17, 2025 / Feature / Bryce Covert

The Eviction Kings

The Eviction Kings The Eviction Kings

One of Israel’s biggest companies is taking over huge swaths of US real estate—and tenants are paying the price.

Nov 11, 2025 / Feature / Thomas Birmingham

Affordable Housing Is at Stake in the NYC Election, but Advocates Can’t Agree on How

Affordable Housing Is at Stake in the NYC Election, but Advocates Can’t Agree on How Affordable Housing Is at Stake in the NYC Election, but Advocates Can’t Agree on How

While half of the proposals on this year’s ballot deal with housing, elected officials and organizers in New York City are divided on their effectiveness.

Oct 28, 2025 / StudentNation / Nikole Rajgor

Donald Trump and his father, real estate developer Fred Trump.

Trump’s Slumlord Administration Is Gutting the Fair Housing Act Trump’s Slumlord Administration Is Gutting the Fair Housing Act

There can’t be true desegregation without ending discrimination in housing—which is precisely why the administration is rolling back enforcement of the FHA.

Sep 24, 2025 / Elie Mystal

A view of a homeless encampment on a street in West Oakland, California, on February 28, 2023.

The Homelessness Crisis Under Trump Will Only Get Worse The Homelessness Crisis Under Trump Will Only Get Worse

The Trump administration is counting on us to renounce those living on the streets, while struggling with their mental health or the cost of housing (or both).

Sep 18, 2025 / Mattea Kramer and Dr. Sean Fogler

A rally in front of 248 Arlington to demand better living conditions, April 2023.

Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords

New legislation could accelerate a growing movement of tenants who refuse to be at the mercy of developers and want to take ownership of their communities’ resources.

Sep 10, 2025 / Aviva Stahl

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job. Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job.

We have an unprecedented chance to elect a mayor who can prioritize the needs of working people.

Sep 9, 2025 / Bill de Blasio

In July 2025, Omar Fateh won the Minneapolis Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor, which the state party revoked.

People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh People “Are Tired of Backroom Decisions”: A Conversation With Minneapolis’s Omar Fateh

The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.

Sep 5, 2025 / Q&A / Peter Lucas

Construction continues on a mixed-use apartment complex that will hold more than 700 units of housing and 95,000 square feet of commercial space, on August 20, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.

As Progressive Elected Officials, We Choose Both Economic Populism and Abundance As Progressive Elected Officials, We Choose Both Economic Populism and Abundance

The abundance agenda makes progressive populism more effective.

Aug 19, 2025 / Burhan Azeem, Teresa Mosqueda, Zo Qadri, and Anna Brawley

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