The Nib, July 8, 2019: Can America fix its housing crisis?
Racist policies, combined with market forces and changing demographics, have helped to create a housing crisis in many American cities. This crisis has been cruel to the younger, lower-income and more diverse renters who live in these cities.
The safety net isn’t working: there is not enough urban subsidized housing. Affordable public housing often costs cities more to build than privately funded market-rate housing.
For many Americans, prices are so high that buying a home near work is completely out reach.
