A Modern-Day Fable for the Tenant Class A Modern-Day Fable for the Tenant Class
Hilary Leichter’s fiction examines contemporary crises like work and inequality through the lens of magical realism. Her latest novel, Terrace Story, is a parable about the family...
Nov 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Grace Byron
This City Council Election Will Decide the Future of Housing in Minneapolis This City Council Election Will Decide the Future of Housing in Minneapolis
With every city council seat up for grabs in 2023, progressives hope for a veto-proof majority to pass meaningful affordable housing policies.
Oct 24, 2023 / StudentNation / Theia Chatelle
The Fate of Your Rent May Be in the Supreme Court’s Hands The Fate of Your Rent May Be in the Supreme Court’s Hands
The nation’s highest court is weighing whether to hear two rent-regulation cases that could gut renter protection laws.
Oct 20, 2023 / Elie Mystal
In Defense of Homeownership In Defense of Homeownership
It’s been blamed for everything from NIMBYism to urban sprawl. So why do I still want in?
Oct 18, 2023 / Column / Kate Wagner
Aging in America Shouldn’t Be This Hard Aging in America Shouldn’t Be This Hard
Why should capital take any interest in people who are no longer a source of profit?
Oct 12, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon
The Crisis of Shelter in the United States The Crisis of Shelter in the United States
Housing is one the building blocks of human life. Why is it so scarce in this country?
Oct 5, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Fed Up With the Homelessness Crisis, the Sacramento County DA Sues the City Fed Up With the Homelessness Crisis, the Sacramento County DA Sues the City
Can DA Thien Ho’s lawsuit force cities to more effectively confront a growing humanitarian catastrophe?
Sep 22, 2023 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
Why Houses Don’t Look Like Houses Anymore Why Houses Don’t Look Like Houses Anymore
Aggregated real estate listings like Zillow have distorted our understanding of what makes a house a home.
Sep 19, 2023 / Column / Kate Wagner
America’s Short-Lived Safety Net Has Almost Fully Unraveled America’s Short-Lived Safety Net Has Almost Fully Unraveled
The American Rescue Plan created unprecedented programs protecting parents and young children, renters, and childcare providers. Now they are almost entirely gone.
Sep 15, 2023 / Editorial / Bryce Covert for The Nation
On Gentrification, We Don’t Know What We’re Talking About On Gentrification, We Don’t Know What We’re Talking About
Rather than understand gentrification as a systemic issue, the term has simply become an insult people throw around. Rather than understand gentrification as a systemic issue, the...
Sep 5, 2023 / Editorial / Kate Wagner