Will Lake Charles, Louisiana, become America’s latest climate sacrifice?
Housing
Posted inCoronavirus
The Poor Aren’t Getting the Help Democrats Want to Give Them
Pandemic relief measures are hobbled by serious failures of program design and implementation.
Posted inHousing
After Surfside, Calls for Building Oversight Grow
As the country makes plans to revitalize aging infrastructure nationwide, some housing experts argue that high-rise condos should be part of the conversation.
Posted inHousing
Evictions Halted for One More Month, but Rental Assistance Is Stalled Too
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.
Posted inTAP
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.
