We Can Solve Our Care and Housing Crises, Together
Both of these crises require new systems and structures that reflect our commitment to our blood and chosen families.
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Undoing What Wall Street Did to the Housing Market
Billionaires have long leveraged the housing market for money. But a new report outlines how to regulate the market so people鈥攏ot hedge funds鈥攃an buy homes.
The Rainbow Connection
Intergenerational housing for LGBTQ elders and youth can relieve isolation and housing instability for both groups.
Community Land Trusts Build Climate-Resilient Affordable Housing
鈥淪torms are nature鈥檚 way of causing gentrification,鈥� so one couple bought property damaged by Hurricane Irma and placed it in a public trust.
9 Myths About Gentrification
It鈥檚 time to stop believing the lie that gentrification is inevitable.
How Wildfires Impact California鈥檚 Housing Crisis
Wildfires and the destruction they cause have become a societal problem. Addressing this issue comprehensively should include both short-term and long-term solutions.
Community Land Trusts Make Housing Affordable
Community land trusts have a long history of helping people afford a home. In a time of skyrocketing housing prices, that鈥檚 more important than ever.
How Dallas Is Fighting Homelessness With COVID Aid
Federal money for housing the pandemic wasn鈥檛 being spent. The city found a way to make sure more people were being housed sooner.
Smoked Salmon for Amelia: A Native Perspective on Homelessness
鈥淭he ultimate cause of homelessness is our spiritual break with the land.鈥�
Housing Justice for Oakland鈥檚 Black Community
Unaffordable housing is a major factor that drives Black Oaklanders out of the California city鈥攕o what can we do about it?
In Boston, an Approach to Housing That Avoids Eviction
A major for-profit affordable housing provider hasn鈥檛 evicted a single tenant since early 2020. How did the company do it, and can its method be a model for other developers?
Baltimore鈥檚 Community Land Trusts Offer a Pathway to Housing Justice
After years of grassroots activism, the city has found success in addressing historical housing discrimination through community land trusts.
States Are Buying Hotels to House Displaced Wildfire Survivors
The climate crisis and the pandemic are spurring local governments to take action鈥攁nd finally begin to address chronic homelessness.
Lack of Housing Is Not the Problem
One parcel at a time, Bay Area activists are pushing for land trust housing to decommodify land and take properties out of an unjust market.
Philadelphia Tries 无码视频tion to Prevent Evictions
The coronavirus pandemic has put pressures on tenants who lose work, and the landlords who lose rent income. This program tries to help both.
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Taking on a Billionaire Landlord in the Twin Cities
Private equity firms snatched up rental properties, then neglected them. So Minneapolis activists organized the tenants to fight for their rights.
How the Pandemic Is Opening the Door to Housing Access
The coronavirus spread fast in homeless shelters, which prompted creative solutions to safe housing.
Seattle Bets on Equitable Development
In an effort to counteract displacement in racially diverse neighborhoods, Seattle鈥檚 Equitable Development Initiative invests in community-led projects that aim to keep longtime residents in their neighborhoods.
Black and Brown Trans People Have a New Place to Call Home in New York City
A building offering affordable housing now stands as a symbol of trans self-reliance and resilience.
What Housing Justice Looks Like During COVID
The pandemic has exacerbated housing instability and made tenant activism more critical.
My Grandparents鈥� Redlining Story Shows Why We Must Do Better
As we face the impact of COVID-19, now is an opportune time to create equitable housing policies that can close the yawning gaps created by racial inequity.
How Cities Are Keeping People in Their Homes
Tenant-protection policies are spreading across California in response to pandemic-related housing insecurity.
This New York Program Is Getting Ahead of Homelessness
The difficulty for people experiencing homelessness to regain their security puts a new focus on helping them before they lose their homes.
For Survivors of Violence and Their Kids, a Push to Prioritize Housing
Domestic violence, the leading cause of homelessness among women and children, is increasing during the pandemic.
How the Coronavirus Made Ending Homelessness Even 无码视频 Critical
Clarksburg, West Virginia, had mapped out a plan to create a housing-first program for its homeless population. Then the pandemic hit, and the plan went into overdrive.
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