Blue states are the hot spots for the country’s housing affordability crisis.
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Harris Housing Policy Blends Concepts From Across the Spectrum
The plan isn’t focused entirely on YIMBY ideas, or rent-limiting ideas.
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California Voters Revisit Statewide Rent Control Law
The housing crisis puts the Costa-Hawkins Act under the microscope for the third time in six years.
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How an ‘Algorithm’ Turned Apartment Pools Green
RealPage, the rent-fixing software company currently under FBI investigation, also has apps for bogus fees, monetizing vacant apartments and inflating toxic property bubbles.
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Homeowners Want Housing Prices to Go Up
This is ultimately the biggest hurdle for affordable-housing policy.
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Hell Is an Underwater Landlord
Millions of tenants are trapped in a rotten cycle of overflowing trash, daily water outages, and a healthy rat population.
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A Whole-Person Approach to Combating Homelessness
An ambitious pilot program provides a myriad of resources to help participants achieve financial independence through stable employment.
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Buy and Displace
Across Los Angeles, corporate landlords and even RV owners work hard to raise rents.
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Scandal-Plagued Rent-Setting Software Execs Presented as Neutral Experts
Amid an ongoing Department of Justice inquiry, the Texas-based real estate tech company RealPage is prized for its analysis in mainstream media.
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Confronting Segregation With Grassroots Energy
A Q&A with housing policy analyst Leah Rothstein explores how community members can unlock diverse housing options in segregated communities.
