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A Black woman in a cloth mask stands in winter sunshine holding a hand-painted sign reading "Rent Relief Now." She's wearing a winter jacket over a dark shirt, and a string of pearls. Behind her is a blurry image of a city sidewalk.

What Can We Learn From COVID-Era Rental Assistance Programs?

July 18, 2025 | AJ Golio, Cal Lee Garrett and Claire Laurier Decoteau

The programs that kept some tenants housed during the pandemic also left out key groups of vulnerable renters. Their exclusion provides key lessons for the future of such programs.

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In a city square, perhaps a park, four workers in white protective jumpsuits and wearing masks lift a tent into the back of a garbage truck, while three others look on. Nearby are other tents and jumbled personal belongings, blankets, and clothes. In the foreground, a throw pillow printed with the words "But first, coffee" lies in the dirt.
Homelessness

Criminalizing Homelessness Doesn’t Work, Study Finds

July 3, 2025 | Roshan Abraham

The analysis shows that these laws, including bans on sleeping outside, don’t reduce homelessness. Why are they on the rise?

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Housing

Researchers are Using AI to Get a Clearer Picture of Housing in the U.S.

July 2, 2025 | Franklin Schneider

Analysts are using artificial intelligence to supercharge their research by allowing them to comb through data faster. Though these AI tools can be error prone, they save time and housing researchers are optimistic about the future.

HOLC map of Oakland, California, with areas shaded in red, blue, yellow, and green. Around the edges of the map, in tiny type, are listed all the streets of the city. At the top, in elegant lettering, reads "Thomas Bros./Map of/Oakland/Berkeley/Alameda/San Leandro/Piedmont/Emeryville/Albany." The lettering gets smaller as it goes down the list. Inset into the top right of the map is a black-and-white map of Hayward.
Opinion

Redlining Maps Didn’t Affect Neighborhoods the Way You Think They Did

August 21, 2024 | Alan Mallach

Home Owners’ Loan Corporation maps have long been blamed for racial inequities in today’s Black neighborhoods, but recent research shows that’s misleading.

Nonprofits

Why Nonprofit Cooperatives Are Thriving in Zurich

August 12, 2021 | Susanne Schindler

Not a single cooperative has left this Zurich program since it was introduced more than a century ago. How does it work?