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What the Grants Pass Case Means—For All of Us
In an era of runaway housing costs, the Supreme Court is going to decide whether it's illegal to not be able to afford them.
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Not All Artists Are Young. Or Childless.
On Dec. 3, the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland became the deadliest in the city’s history, claiming the lives of 36 individuals. The warehouse inferno also consumed an event venue […]
Take the Best of Public Housing, And Make More
Policymakers must consider public housing as a viable option. Compared with housing vouchers, scattered-site properties, mixed-income, and affordable housing developments, public housing still serves a large segment of Americans.
In the Delta, Homeownership Strategies Need Innovation
Earlier this month, the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) partnered with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for two convenings to discuss The Role of Housing as an Asset […]
Stop Subsidizing Bad Landlords
Esperanza Menendez-Jackson is a single working mother who lived with her three children in a government-subsidized apartment building in Newark, New Jersey. Early into the lease, she discovered that the […]
Housing Assistance for All Is a Matter of Racial Justice–and It’s Achievable
Project-based Section 8 has been a successful public-private partnership that helps provide affordable housing to very low-income households while also investing in jobs and improving communities. Any rational housing policy […]
Land Banks and Community Land Trusts: Not Synonyms or Antonyms. Complements
Land banks and community land trusts (CLTs) are often perceived as one and the same. That doesn’t reflect reality.
Homeownership Is a Culprit in the Racial Wealth Divide
Homeowners’ equity—the market value of residential real estate minus the value of home-secured debt—has long been the largest single component of wealth for Black and Latino families. On average during […]
Housing Doesn’t Filter, Neighborhoods Do
There has been a renewed interest in the role that the real estate market can play in solving our growing affordable housing crisis. For decades “affordable housing” has been the […]
How Could Homelessness Have Barely Budged During the Recession?
FACT: Rates of homelessness in the U.S. remained essentially unchanged between 2008-2012. This is surprising indeed, especially against the backdrop of a recession that had its origins in the housing […]
Stopping Declining Homeownership Requires More than Affordability
According to recent research, the availability of starter and “trade-up” homes is in the midst of a four-year decline, which, at least in most markets, shows little evidence of abating. […]
The ‘Filtering’ Fallacy
The Council of Community Housing Organizations has created an infographic that breaks down the basics of filtering, the assumptions behind it, and the reasons it doesn’t work the way some say it does.
#Renters Day of Action–Our Demands
Last month, on Sept. 22nd, renters took to the streets in 19 states and 52 cities for the national Renters […]