With existing funds, we could cover back rent for all low-income tenants during the pandemic. That it hasn’t happened is a matter of priorities.
Housing
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L.A.: Home to More Homeless Than Anyplace Else
Today on TAP: The resistance to affordable housing in Los Angeles
Posted inHousing
Public Housing Is Going Private—and Residents Are Fighting Back
A small federal program has become a big federal program with no oversight of how it’s actually working.
Posted inHousing
The Problem With the ‘BlackRock Buying Houses’ Meme
Here’s the reality of institutional buyers and the single-family rental market.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Building Back Severed Communities
The Biden administration wants to reconnect historically Black and Latino neighborhoods cut off by highway construction. There’s promise and peril in that.
Posted inHousing
The Housing Madness Will Hit Renters the Hardest
Purchase prices may be skyrocketing, but the real problem is an imminent eviction crisis and a stubborn inability to deliver rental relief.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Struggling Renters Need More Federal Aid
The Biden-Harris administration did not expand Section 8 vouchers in its recent infrastructure proposals, which could leave millions of renters behind.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Congress Looks to Judicial Overrides to Strengthen Consumer Protections
The under-utilized tool would allow Congress to reverse SCOTUS rulings that insulate lenders and corporations from regulation.
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Rising Expectations and Raw Revelations
Today on TAP: The Biden administration’s ambitious start
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Digital Divide Pushed My Dad’s Life to the Brink
As public benefits migrate online, senior citizens are being left behind.