Policy

Proposed state bill in Massachusetts boosts housing production, helps end exclusionary zoning.

Diane Yentel slams President Trump’s latest executive order as “reckless and harmful.”

Alan Mallach responds to critiques of his assessment of urban versus suburban upzoning.

Our politics have made an artificial divide between the public and the private sectors when it comes to housing. It’s time to do better.

We now have a unique opportunity, generated by a combination of life-threatening conditions and focused political will stemming from the Black Lives Matter movement, to re-prioritize local housing policies and resources.

We have learned how to successfully provide broad-based mortgage payment relief to millions of American households in need. There’s nothing to stop us this time around from doing it right.

A bill announced today by Rep. Ilhan Omar would release tenants and homeowners from housing payments until the national emergency is lifted, and would make up the losses to landlords and lenders through a federal fund.

Democratic presidential candidates made the housing crisis part of their platforms. What might a President Biden do to ease the shortage?

The achievement gap between low-income and other children is already equivalent to at least two years of schooling. Might the coronavirus shutdown expand that by another half year?

Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, our long-standing housing affordability crisis called for universal rent control as a baseline protection. 

What kinds of emergency measures are advocacy organizations proposing to make sure that when small businesses can open again, they’ll be financially able to do so?

Preventing catastrophe when eviction moratoriums lift requires reducing tenants’ rent quickly—which advocates say is fully within HUD’s power.