‘Housing First’ Policy for Addressing Homelessness Hamstrung By Funding Issues
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is no longer taking responsibility for providing housing and help to the homeless. Because of this change in interest, it is up to activists and...
View ArticleHow Scary Is the Bond Market?
Just recently, the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yield reached a record low. Since it fell to 2.25 percent on January 30, could a crash drag down markets for other long-term assets, such as housing and...
View ArticleA Foreclosure Conveyor Belt
Detroit was once famous for creating the American Dream. But now, residents of the city have been displaced by the foreclosure conveyor belt joining the assembly line of eviction and displacement. It's...
View ArticleWhy We Must Fight Economic Apartheid in America
Last week’s Supreme Court’s decision on fair housing is an important starting place if we want to reverse the vicious cycle of economic apartheid in America. Let's put an end to this racial...
View ArticleSeattle Led the Country’s Minimum Wage Revolution. Can It Do the Same with...
The progressive push this time in Seattle is for affordable housing, which has become a necessary antidote to skyrocketing rents in major cities across the country. Will Seattle help spearhead rent...
View ArticleGAO to Review Accuracy of Nursing Home Ratings
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to conduct a review of the federal government’s nursing home rating system after reported widespread gaps. It's "important that the rating system...
View ArticleLand Trusts Offer Houses People with Lower Incomes Can Afford—and a Stepping...
More than 200 land trusts around the country help struggling families buy their first homes. Are community land trusts a tool for preventing gentrification and securing land? The post Land Trusts Offer...
View ArticleLandlords Fail to List 50,000 NYC Apartments for Rent Limits
While property owners are getting $100 million in property tax breaks, they were violating the law requiring them to officially register their apartments for rent stabilization. But a scary fact: City...
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