An Experimental Housing Assistance Program Produces a Striking Result
Providing customized help to housing voucher recipients in the Seattle area raised the odds participants moved to neighborhoods where kids have better economic outcomes.
The Double Whammy: Housing and Income Inequality
New research shows how housing and income inequality reinforce one another, effectively splitting the U.S. into two different economies.
Study: No Link Between Gentrification and Displacement in NYC
Using Medicaid data, researchers found that most low-income children in the city’s gentrifying neighborhoods stayed, even as affluent newcomers moved in.
A City With a Booming Real Estate Market Sees a Slip in Home Prices
Meanwhile, new research suggests people in high-cost metro areas are searching for more affordable places to live.
The NIMBY Principle
The advocacy group Livable California has led the resistance to the state’s biggest housing proposals. What's their appeal for “local control” really about?
Could Public Banks Help California Fund Affordable Housing?
A coalition of bank activists in ten California cities is pushing for public banks. A bill to support them is working its way through the state legislature.
Black Homeownership Hits A 50-Year Low
The gap between white and black homeownership has also remained largely the same since the 1960s, despite economic and political gains that African Americans have achieved since then.
Affordable Housing Can't Just Be a Local Priority, City Leaders Say
A new National League of Cities report lays out recommendations for the federal government and highlights steps individual cities have taken to address their housing needs.
Without Parking, Thousands of Americans Who Live in Vehicles Have Nowhere to Go
COMMENTARY | There is no official method for counting people who live in their vehicles.
Oregon’s Single-Family Zoning Ban Was a ‘Long Time Coming’
The state’s new upzoning bill would be historic. But Oregon has long been a pioneer in tight land-use controls that promote dense urban development.
The Lingering, Unresolved Battle Over Short-Term Rentals in One California City
Almost a year after San Diego first passed restrictions on rentals marketed on Airbnb and other platforms, only to rescind them months later, the issue is still unsettled. Now, it has moved to the state Legislature.
Minimum Wage Still Can’t Pay For A Two-Bedroom Apartment Anywhere
The 30th anniversary edition of the National Low Income Housing Coalition report, “Out of Reach,” shows that housing affordability is getting worse, not better.
Los Angeles Is in Crisis. So Why Isn’t It Building More Housing?
COMMENTARY | Rising rents are feeding a surge in homelessness.
Housing Crunch Sends Bigger Populations to Smaller Towns
“Jobs need beds,” so tech workers moved to cheaper towns.
How Should We Define the Suburbs?
Based on census boundaries, ways of life, and physical characteristics, respectively, three new definitions offer a composite portrait of American suburbia.
Are McMansions Making Everyone Unhappy?
Homes have gotten bigger, but Americans aren’t any more pleased with the extra space.
Wraparound Support is Key to Keeping Families Out of the Child Welfare System, Report Says
The analysis of a grant program that paired supportive services with permanent housing finds that these interventions decrease interactions with the child welfare system.
Childhood Asthma: A Lingering Effect of Redlining
New research shows that disparities in housing contribute to disparities in one of the most common chronic diseases afflicting children.
Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing
In southwest Connecticut, the gap between rich and poor is wider than anywhere else in the country. Invisible walls created by local zoning boards and the state government block affordable housing and, by extension, the people who need it.
Public Housing Authorities Reel as HUD Singles Out Immigrants
HUD chief Ben Carson says waitlists are too long to house undocumented immigrants.
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