Ben Carson Wants Out
Today, former brain surgeon and Trump’s Housing and Urban Development secretary Ben Carson said in an interview with…
No Affordable Apartments in California? Check Back in a Couple Thousand Years
California may be objectively the best state in the union (do not email me), but it has a lot of problems: Wildfires,…
Oregon Becomes First to Pass Statewide Rent Control Law
The Oregon legislature approved a bill limiting rent increases on Tuesday, leaving only Gov. Kate Brown’s signature…
Wall Street Has Made Everything About Our Housing Crisis Worse
This piece is co-published with investigative reporting outlet Capital & Main.
Public Housing Is a Pest-Infested Hellscape and HUD Doesn't Care
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has been failing for decades, but its recent incarnation under the…
If You Don't Want to Live in a Dorm Forever, Build More Housing
An urban housing trend that has been growing for a while is now hitting prime time: “co-living,” a nice way of saying…
Michael Cohen Accused of Illegally Flipping Rent Stabilized Apartments
An investigation has accused former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen of pushing out rent stabilized tenants in New York…
YIMBYism Doesn't Work
In cities like San Francisco, where housing crises rage, a new movement of rich and upper middle class liberals has…
The Trump Administration Reportedly Lied to Americans About Domestic Poverty
Documents obtained by Foreign Policy and the nonprofit crisis journalism website Coda Story show that the Trump…
There Is No Affordable Housing in America
A new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition confirms something that anyone who lives in a city and is…
Yeah, Pave Over the Golf Courses
Hong Kong, like many major cities across the world, has a severe housing shortage, and a lack of buildable land. Hong…
D.C.'s Biggest Homeless Shelter Is About to Close. Will Amazon Take Its Place?
On a recent spring evening, a group of mothers at D.C. General Family Homeless Shelter were enjoying the weather,…
Airbnb Is a Tax on Everyone
You like Airbnb? Sure, sure, great. Would you like Airbnb as much if you knew that its mere existence was costing you,…
Build Congress a Dorm
Yesterday, the New York Post published a story about a longstanding habit of certain members of our legislature:…
Ben Carson Wants to Triple Poor People's Rent
For many Americans, the rent is already too damn high, and skyrocketing housing costs are all the more devastating for…
California Decides That Fixing Its Housing Crisis Would Be Much Too Drastic
Much of the state of California is in the midst of a housing crisis. The reason for that housing crisis is simple:…
Not to Be a Broken Record But We Need to Build More Housing, Fast
How fucked up is the American housing market, one of the biggest drivers of inequality? In many cities, the financial…
New York City Public Housing Needs an Astounding Amount of Money
The New York City Housing Authority oversees 176,000 apartments in our city, making it the nation’s largest public…
Ben Carson Reportedly Decided to Keep Anti-Discrimination Wording in HUD's Mission Statement After All
Ben Carson attempted to clarify on Thursday that he actually likes his housing department’s mission statement and he def…
Democrats Are Trying to Help the Banks Racially Discriminate in Housing Mortgages
During the 2016 presidential election, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine touted his experience as a former civil rights…