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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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The Next Step in Supportive Housing
With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, individual-focused healthy lifestyles—regardless of socioeconomic status—became an increased topic of discussion. Along with clear correlations between health and housing, there is greater […]
Bigger Forces at Play
If social inclusion and the creation of mixed-income neighborhoods is embraced by so many, why does it seem to be so difficult to materialize this vision for the city? Let’s look at some examples.
Matthew Desmond’s “Evicted” Supports, Challenges Housing Field
With Evicted, Desmond is taking a powerful argument that housing matters beyond the usually circles where that is discussed.
Why We Must Build
We can’t build our way out of the housing crisis . . . but we won’t get out without building.
Are the Kids All Right? Austin Is Asking
Recently here on Rooflines, Tiffany Eng wrote about Oakland’s challenges in “family friendly” planning. Here in Austin, we're facing the same challenges. Lower birth rates, better public education options outside […]
Using the Wrong Tools to Build Affordable Housing
Along with most Rooflines readers, I believe that having some portion of a community’s housing as long term or permanently affordable is a desirable policy goal. That said, though, I’ve […]
A Critical Piece of the Mixed Income Puzzle
So, what kind of neighbor are you? When last did you take a true risk to establish a meaningful connection with someone with a very different background from yours? “Be […]
Interview with Gabriel Metcalf, author of Democratic by Design
Gabriel Metcalf, CEO of SPUR, discusses his new book, “Democratic by Design: How Carsharing, Co-ops, and Community Land Trusts are Reinventing America.”
Scoring Homeownership: Looking at the Long Game
Today’s economic climate offers little hope to many struggling families. Family incomes still lag in comparison, for example, to rising housing costs in many markets.
Socially-Blind Urban Planning
The contrast between prosperity and poverty is most dramatic in the harshness of inclement weather. In San Diego this past weekend, while the storms resulting from El Nino lashed at […]
So, About That Anti-Inclusionary “Study”
Last week, I submitted the following letter to the editor of the LA Times in response to a vicious, and more importantly, extremely misleading op-ed, decrying inclusionary housing as a development […]
The Danger in Restricting Our Definition of “Preservation”
The real focus of preservation—and the definition—should be on the bigger picture of preserving the assisted/affordable housing stock in a community or region