What If We Treated Housing Like a Human Right?
America’s housing crisis is the product of decades of underbuilding, restrictive zoning, rising costs and policy choices. There are ways out — if we’re willing to think differently about housing.
Housing Crisis
Is Foster Care a Pipeline to Homelessness?
Foster care is intended in this country to offer relief for children in dire situations. But increasingly, kids are being removed when parents are evicted from their homes — without having a safe placement for them to shelter.
Pet Rent Is the Newest Tool of Housing Discrimination
While a majority of landlords say they offer “pet-friendly” housing, affording such a lease, especially if you happen to be low-income or a person of color, is a very different story.
The Modern Office Needs to Go
Most of us spend at least 30 percent of our income on homes, and most of our time at work. While more jobs are going remote, do we even need physical offices?
How the National Housing Crisis Hurts Single Mothers
Rising rents, lack of affordable child care and flexible work schedules, and rental discrimination leads millions of single moms and their kids jumping from home to home—if they even have a place to go.