Housing and Homelessness

Hundreds of migrants are seen outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday, August 2, 2023

“We Have to Wait. There’s Nothing Else We Can Do.” “We Have to Wait. There’s Nothing Else We Can Do.”

What it was like for the migrants forced to sleep on the street in New York City.

Aug 9, 2023 / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue

Suburban blight… Predatory financing… Dancing to AIPAC’s tune (web only)… A commitment to liberation (web only)…

Aug 8, 2023 / Letters / Our Readers

Striking hotel workers hold placards expressing their opinion outside the Hotel Figueroa, in downtown Los Angeles.

A Political Battle Within Political Science: Which Side Is the APSA On? A Political Battle Within Political Science: Which Side Is the APSA On?

The hotel workers’ strike in Los Angeles will force members of the American Political Science Association—and Taylor Swift fans—to decide whether or not to cross union picket lines...

Aug 2, 2023 / Peter Dreier

Other Countries Know Housing Is a Human Right. Why Doesn’t America? Other Countries Know Housing Is a Human Right. Why Doesn’t America?

Many European countries have systems to help unhoused people that put our society to shame. When will we change?

Jul 28, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

An Urban Alchemy ambassador patrols an encampment in front of San Francisco’s City Hall.

How Urban Alchemy Turns Homelessness Into Gold How Urban Alchemy Turns Homelessness Into Gold

Cities are pouring money into the nonprofit to manage encampments and patrol the streets where unhoused residents congregate. Not everyone is happy about it.

Jul 19, 2023 / Feature / Paige Oamek and Rohan Montgomery

US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland addresses the findings of a Justice Department investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department during a press conference in Minneapolis, Minn., on June 16, 2023.

The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying” The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying”

The Department of Justice report slamming the Minneapolis Police Department is also a cause for hope.

Jun 22, 2023 / Ibrahim Hirsi

How Freddie Mac Helps Private Equity Profit From Tenant Misery How Freddie Mac Helps Private Equity Profit From Tenant Misery

Overloaded with debt, with maintenance and repairs cut back to the bone, tenants are being bled dry to make millions for speculators—with a crucial assist from the Federal Home Loa...

Jun 13, 2023 / Feature / Eileen Markey

A New Orleans family travels to their home near New Orleans, La., after it was flooded during Hurricane Ida on September 13, 2021.

On a Rapidly Warming Planet, Home Is a Luxury On a Rapidly Warming Planet, Home Is a Luxury

The importance of place and the draw of home is at odds with the future we have created for our planet.

Jun 8, 2023 / Jane Braxton Little

The Case Against Homeownership The Case Against Homeownership

Instead of perpetuating the Ponzi scheme of private property for some, we should be demanding economic security for all.

Jun 5, 2023 / Highlights / Jane Chung

A screenshot from a report about the debate over emergency housing in Vermont on May 10, 2023.

I Was Vermont’s Democratic Nominee for Governor. I Have A Grave Warning for My Party. I Was Vermont’s Democratic Nominee for Governor. I Have A Grave Warning for My Party.

I am publicly pleading with the party that chose me as its standard-bearer to reverse a decision that will turbocharge our state's homelessness crisis.

Jun 1, 2023 / Brenda Siegel

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“We Have to Wait. There’s Nothing Else We Can Do.” “We Have to Wait. There’s Nothing Else We Can Do.”

Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue

A Political Battle Within Political Science: Which Side Is the APSA On? A Political Battle Within Political Science: Which Side Is the APSA On?

Other Countries Know Housing Is a Human Right. Why Doesn’t America? Other Countries Know Housing Is a Human Right. Why Doesn’t America?

How Urban Alchemy Turns Homelessness Into Gold How Urban Alchemy Turns Homelessness Into Gold

The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying” The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying”

How Freddie Mac Helps Private Equity Profit From Tenant Misery How Freddie Mac Helps Private Equity Profit From Tenant Misery

On a Rapidly Warming Planet, Home Is a Luxury On a Rapidly Warming Planet, Home Is a Luxury

The Case Against Homeownership The Case Against Homeownership

I Was Vermont’s Democratic Nominee for Governor. I Have A Grave Warning for My Party. I Was Vermont’s Democratic Nominee for Governor. I Have A Grave Warning for My Party.

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Housing and Homelessness

“We Have to Wait. There’s Nothing Else We Can Do.” “We Have to Wait. There’s Nothing Else We Can Do.”

Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue

A Political Battle Within Political Science: Which Side Is the APSA On? A Political Battle Within Political Science: Which Side Is the APSA On?

Other Countries Know Housing Is a Human Right. Why Doesn’t America? Other Countries Know Housing Is a Human Right. Why Doesn’t America?

How Urban Alchemy Turns Homelessness Into Gold How Urban Alchemy Turns Homelessness Into Gold

The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying” The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying”

How Freddie Mac Helps Private Equity Profit From Tenant Misery How Freddie Mac Helps Private Equity Profit From Tenant Misery

On a Rapidly Warming Planet, Home Is a Luxury On a Rapidly Warming Planet, Home Is a Luxury

The Case Against Homeownership The Case Against Homeownership

I Was Vermont’s Democratic Nominee for Governor. I Have A Grave Warning for My Party. I Was Vermont’s Democratic Nominee for Governor. I Have A Grave Warning for My Party.