Half of Americans, namely homeowners, already have rent control. It’s time to expand it to everyone.
Housing
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New York Considers Community Land Trusts
Nonprofit developers are working to get first dibs on transforming multifamily housing developments into real options for rent-burdened New Yorkers.
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Downtown Rebound
Transforming office-centric big-city downtowns into vibrant residential neighborhoods is no easy task.
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HUD Steps Forward on Junk Fees in Rental Housing
The Cabinet agency is presenting best practices for eliminating or limiting the worst overcharges.
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The Fed’s Rate Hikes and the Housing Crisis
High interest rates only worsen the shortage of affordable housing, but the cure lies far beyond the realm of monetary policy.
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Why We Need Social Housing
What Medicare for All is for health care, social housing is for shelter.
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City Limits
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s bold plans for affordable housing run into old-school politics, perverse regulations, and limited home rule.
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How to Solve the Housing Crisis With One Weird Trick
American cities are (finally) beginning to hear about social housing.
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The Great Housing Inflation as a Long-Term Policy Failure
High prices of homes and rental apartments have very little to do with today’s general inflation, but reflect decades of perverse policies that hurt both renters and aspiring homeowners.
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Why Is Biden Pushing People Back to the Office?
How about converting our depopulated downtowns into affordable housing instead?
