With housing costs gobbling up wage increases for union members and almost everyone else, labor must prioritize housing affordability.
Housing
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.
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Linking Commuter Rail to Jobs, Housing, and Opportunity in Eastern Massachusetts
Developers have a laser-like focus on projects in Boston and its inner suburbs while ignoring the rich potential of smaller cities that have decades-old rail connections to the state capital.
Posted inEducation in America
Making Student Homelessness a Visible Issue
Saturday, July 22 marks the 30-year anniversary of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the federal government’s first major legislative response to homelessness. One important—and controversial—section of the law requires states to remove educational barriers experienced by homeless children and youth, out of recognition that many homeless children cannot enroll in school for a host of […]
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Collecting Campaign Cash from the Homeless
In a system driven by big donors, a pioneering Seattle program hands the campaign-finance purse strings to average and even homeless voters.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Can Affordable Housing Activists Save New York?
In the working-class Manhattan neighborhood of Inwood, community organizers who beat back plans for a high-rise luxury apartment building are taking their affordable housing campaign city-wide.
Posted inEconomic Policy
When Affordable Housing Bypasses the Poor
New research suggests affordable housing can create segregation not only within and between communities, but also within the subsidized housing system itself.
