Most Americans live in metropolitan areas, and it takes a metropolitan regional government to coordinate the growth in housing, transit, and employment that makes the region livable.
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Posted inBuilding Back America
Build Back Better’s Housing Investments at Risk
The housing part of the reconciliation bill is transformative. All factions of the party support it. Will it survive the cut-down?
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: A Surprisingly Radical Housing Bill
Practically all the solutions to diminishing the high cost of housing, from nudges to public options, are present in the housing piece of the reconciliation bill.
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
Public Housing Is Going Private, and It’s Congress’s Fault
HUD has turned to the private market for money that legislators won’t provide.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Federal Shutdown Damaged Housing Voucher Programs
Some landlords actually support this reliable HUD program. But the shutdown demonstrated that there can be serious cash flow glitches that can make landlords wary of participating in the future and leaves families without housing options.
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 inEconomic Policy
Why Trump Picked Ben Carson as HUD Secretary
Donald Trump’s “edifice complex” explains his ill-advised choice of the completely inexperienced Ben Carson to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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.