Housing and Homelessness

Trump

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

Baltimore Houses

Who Broke Baltimore? We Did. Who Broke Baltimore? We Did.

Baltimore’s decline isn’t an accident. It took decades of government intervention and hundreds of millions of dollars.

Aug 8, 2019 / Emily Lieb

Eco-Apartheid Is Real

Eco-Apartheid Is Real Eco-Apartheid Is Real

The climate crisis is converging with a housing crisis. We need to tackle both with a Green New Deal for Housing.

Jul 26, 2019 / Daniel Aldana Cohen

Satya Rhodes-Conway

Madison Is a Lefty Town—Just Not for Everyone Madison Is a Lefty Town—Just Not for Everyone

The newly elected mayor of Madison, Satya Rhodes-Conway, wants to advance racial equity in the most segregated state in America.

Jun 7, 2019 / Drinks On The Nation / Raina Lipsitz

In the Heart of Real-Estate Power, a Housing Movement Nears Victory

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

California Housing

Liberal America’s Single-Family Hypocrisy Liberal America’s Single-Family Hypocrisy

Increasing the density of America’s cities is a crucial part of progressive city planning.

May 8, 2019 / Benjamin Schneider

Washington, DC in 2012

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

Juvenile Prisoners

Meet the Grown-Ups Keeping Kids Out of Prison Meet the Grown-Ups Keeping Kids Out of Prison

The Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice will help guide towns, cities, and states on how to close youth prisons for good.

Apr 8, 2019 / Ross Barkan

Berlin Gentrification

Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations

Germany’s hippest city is debating whether to seize 200,000 homes from landlords and turn them into social housing.

Mar 27, 2019 / Cities Rising / Lukas Hermsmeier

Trump touches copy of spending bill

Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal

The only question is how long the president can get away with this con.

Mar 19, 2019 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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