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As the shutdown drags on, it’s jeopardizing the welfare of those who live in HUD-subsidized housing, including low-income families and the elderly.

Investment in opportunity zones, the privatization of public housing, and a possible end to single-family zoning on the radar.

The Atlantic, December 12, 2019: Perhaps the Most Effective Way to Fight Racism In White Right: Meeting With the Enemy, the filmmaker Deeyah Khan, a Muslim woman of color, recounts a television interview that she gave during the summer of 2016. “The fact of the matter is that the U.K. is never going to be

The Atlantic, December 11, 2018:The Golden Age of Rich People Not Paying Their Taxes Rettig, a tax lawyer with decades of experience defending wealthy clients against the IRS, has been publicly noncommittal so far. Pressed by Democratic senators at his confirmation hearing, all he would say was that “one of [his] top priorities would be

Mark Calabria is a bold pick for the position, and his nomination is sure to rattle housing advocates.

A cultural critic reflects on pictures of the feminist icon that show a rare moral courage.

By doing away with single-family zoning, the city takes on high rent, long commutes, and racism in real estate in one fell swoop.

Late last month, Ritchie J. Torres, a popular city councilman from the Bronx, introduced a bill that would forbid certain businesses in New York from refusing to accept cash. 

A research paper published last month by economists at the Federal Reserve comes to a different conclusion: Millennials aren’t choosing to break economic traditions. Instead, we’re just broke.

It’s not a coincidence that most people who are elected to public office are incredibly wealthy.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, and as an aging generation of mom-and-pop park owners cashes out, a new breed of investors bent on raising rents to increase returns has bought up a growing share of the market.

Warren’s bill is a monumental step forward that acknowledges injustice of the past and invests real money to redress it.

“At the end of the day, when the motive of landlords and developers is to make a dollar, that means their primary goal is not to put a roof over people’s heads,” said Democratic Maryland Del.-elect Vaughn Stewart.

Empty and depilated houses are a problem for most cities. Baltimore is trying some innovative ways to deal with it.

A former Facebook strategic partner manager for global influencers, Mark S. Luckie, sent a 2,500 word memo to all of the company’s employees before his departure in November saying the company has “a black people problem,” the Guardian reported.