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.
Affordable Housing
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.
Smoked Salmon for Amelia: A Native Perspective on Homelessness
鈥淭he ultimate cause of homelessness is our spiritual break with the land.鈥�
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?
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.
Philadelphia Tries Mediation 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.
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.
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 More 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.
The Pandemic Makes Clear What We Already Knew: The Rent Is Too Damn High
Terra Thomas, a florist in Oakland, California, doesn鈥檛 know when she鈥檒l receive her next paycheck, a concerning predicament millions of Americans are now facing. 鈥淚t鈥檚 terrifying for sure,鈥� she says.
A New Housing Option for Squeezed Middle-Income Americans
A new movement targeting 鈥渕issing middle鈥� housing is looking to meet the needs of people priced out of expensive markets but who don鈥檛 qualify for low-income subsidies.
Antidotes to Gentrification
Plans for democratized, affordable housing.
Making Small Towns and Rural Areas Part of the Solution
Progressive candidates can't write off rural communities if they want to advance their causes. In fact, many of their causes will resonate.
When Cops Evicted These Moms, the Housing Conversation Changed
Just after 5 a.m. on Jan. 14, about 30 deputies from the Alameda County Sheriff鈥檚 Office arrived at 2928 Magnolia St. in West Oakland. They came armed with rifles and
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