Moms 4 Housing’s organizing victory highlighted the twin crises of homelessness and lack of affordable housing in many communities in America.
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Ridiculous D.C. Invite of the Week: Wells Fargo Sponsors an Affordable-Housing Panel
Axios’s lead sponsor-enabler Mike Allen leads a ‘hometown’ discussion presented by the giant recidivist bank.
Posted inHousing
How California’s Tenants Won Statewide Rent Control
Long a community with little clout, the state’s renters won a victory with national implications.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Can Vacancy Taxes Bring Down Housing Prices?
Some California cities may be willing to try them.
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Democrats Get Serious About Affordable Housing
Ahead of the first 2020 presidential debates, Dems have released some of the most far-reaching housing plans in decades.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Rail to the Rescue
Amid an ever-worsening crisis of affordable housing, investment in transportation can be key to connecting people to affordable homes.
Posted inWorking in America
Why Unions Must Bargain for Affordable Housing—and How
With housing costs gobbling up wage increases for union members and almost everyone else, labor must prioritize housing affordability.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Closing the New Affordable Housing Gaps
Low-income housing tax credits survived the Republicans’ draconian tax overhaul, but a lower corporate tax rate means investors have lost their appetite for the tax breaks that have helped build many of the country’s affordable housing projects.
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The Harm to Affordable Housing
By cutting rates for the wealthy, the Tax Act slashes the value of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Why America Needs More Social Housing
Subsidizing market prices to make housing affordable is a losing strategy. There’s a better way—on display for a century in Vienna.