Some California cities may be willing to try them.
Housing
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Government Created Housing Segregation. Here’s How the Government Can End It.
No policy limits African American income, wealth, and education as thoroughly as housing segregation. Herewith, a plan to end it.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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 inEconomic Policy
Benefits on the Line
The Trump administration has proposed to adjust how we measure poverty, in an ill-disguised attempt to cut benefit levels.
Posted inEducation in America
Gentrification, School Closings, and Displacement in Chicago
A former Chicago public school teacher sees school closings as part of a deliberate effort to push African Americans out of newly desirable areas so whites can move in.
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 inMoney, Politics, and Power
Michael Bloomberg and the Case of the Homeless Republicans
How the displaced center-right could affect the Democratic Party
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.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Los Angeles Artists Reinvent Their Roles in Gentrifying Communities
Poor and working-class neighborhoods often view new art galleries as heralds of gentrification—but some artists have joined with residents to fight displacements and other disruptions.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Harm to Affordable Housing
By cutting rates for the wealthy, the Tax Act slashes the value of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.