An obscure add-on charge for mortgages has put homeownership out of reach, disproportionately for Black Americans.
Housing
Posted inEconomic Policy
Is a Housing Crash Coming to Florida?
There are signs that another foreclosure crisis may be looming in this swing state.
Posted inTAP
The Renters’ Revolution
Today on TAP: The first nationwide rent strike will happen this Friday
Posted inCoronavirus
Landlords Illegally Evicting Tenants, Despite Federal Restrictions
The CARES Act is supposed to freeze evictions for tens of millions of renters. But nobody’s enforcing the law.
Posted inCoronavirus
Kushner Squeezes Tenants While Lining Up for Bailout Money
Despite eviction bans in New York, the real-estate firm owned by the president’s son-in-law is telling tenants to pay up.
Posted inHousing
Oakland Activists Beat Real Estate Mogul
Moms 4 Housing’s organizing victory highlighted the twin crises of homelessness and lack of affordable housing in many communities in America.
Posted inTAP
Just How Solid Is the Trump Economic Boom?
Today on TAP: Warning signs ahead for the U.S. economy
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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
The Business of Homelessness
NYC’s biggest shelter contractor makes millions, offers shoddy facilities.