Despite recent wins, union members still can’t afford to live anywhere near where they work.
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Posted inHousing
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.
Posted inWorking in America
L.A.’s Summer of Solidarity
Reaching across diverse backgrounds and kinds of work, thousands of union members are sharing strategy and stories of the struggle to live and work in Los Angeles.
Posted inHousing
Economists Hate Rent Control. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.
Half of Americans, namely homeowners, already have rent control. It’s time to expand it to everyone.
Posted inHousing
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.
Posted inHousing
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.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Tenants Who Went to Washington
The Homes Guarantee Campaign got the attention of policymakers at the highest levels. Now these tenant organizers want to get the policy.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Floods’ Worst Ravages Will Be Visited Upon California’s Poorest
This month’s torrent compounds the affordable-housing crisis.
Posted inPolitics
Tense Runoff Election Pits Old Austin Versus New
The housing crisis and the climate crisis have shaped mayoral and city council elections in Texas’s fast-growing capital city.
Posted inTAP
How Fed Policies Burn Housing
Today on TAP: Higher interest rates raise housing costs to consumers in multiple ways—the opposite of the Fed’s anti-inflation goals.
