A Q&A with housing policy analyst Leah Rothstein explores how community members can unlock diverse housing options in segregated communities.
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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.
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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.
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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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Will the Fed Wreck an Improving Economy?
Today on TAP: Both the inflation and the employment outlook continue to improve.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Model-Dependent Policymaking Ignores Race
Despite decades of policies aimed at creating new generations of homeowners, many African Americans grapple with a hostile housing sector. Where did the assumptions go wrong?
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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.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Rumored Fed Nominee Thinks Tim Geithner Did Right by Homeowners
President Biden may nominate Janice Eberly, former deputy to the mastermind of America’s foreclosure crisis.