Housing and Homelessness

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Poverty Is Eliminated! Poverty Is Eliminated!

You can’t really be poor unless you literally have nothing.

Jan 11, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Mayor de Blasio Should Seize His Second Term to Make New York the ‘Fairest Big City in America’

Mayor de Blasio Should Seize His Second Term to Make New York the ‘Fairest Big City in America’ Mayor de Blasio Should Seize His Second Term to Make New York the ‘Fairest Big City in America’

To succeed, he’ll have to be even bolder and more progressive.

Jan 1, 2018 / The Editors

Poor People’s Campaign

10 Reasons to Revive the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign 10 Reasons to Revive the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign

Inspired by an initiative cut short by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., moral leaders are planning a wave of civil disobedience.

Dec 4, 2017 / Sarah Anderson

Logan Circle DC

How Tenants’ Rights Are Flourishing—Right in Trump’s New Backyard How Tenants’ Rights Are Flourishing—Right in Trump’s New Backyard

DC is home to some of the country’s most progressive efforts to keep housing affordable.

Oct 9, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

New York’s Mayor Says He’s Got a Plan to Help Solve the City’s Housing Crisis

New York’s Mayor Says He’s Got a Plan to Help Solve the City’s Housing Crisis New York’s Mayor Says He’s Got a Plan to Help Solve the City’s Housing Crisis

So why are housing advocates up in arms?

Oct 4, 2017 / Jarrett Murphy

Protest outside Chase

From Free Lunch to Public Banks, These Cities Are Giving Us Hope From Free Lunch to Public Banks, These Cities Are Giving Us Hope

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance: Alameda to Elyria and beyond.

Sep 29, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

When Growing Old Means Living in Your Car, Working in an Amazon Warehouse

When Growing Old Means Living in Your Car, Working in an Amazon Warehouse When Growing Old Means Living in Your Car, Working in an Amazon Warehouse

An interview with Nomadland author Jessica Bruder on America’s new, precarious old age.

Sep 29, 2017 / Q&A / Astra Taylor

Baltimore row houses

The Solution to Our Housing Crisis Is to Let Communities Own Property The Solution to Our Housing Crisis Is to Let Communities Own Property

Community Land Trusts keep the focus of development on the actual needs of a neighborhood.

Aug 29, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Right to Counsel

These Cities Are About to Make It Harder for Landlords to Evict People These Cities Are About to Make It Harder for Landlords to Evict People

Their plan? Provide access to lawyers for as many low-income renters as possible.

Aug 28, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.

Jun 26, 2017 / Feature / Leah Douglas

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