The Federal Reserve’s rate hike comes as the US economy is increasingly moving at two very different speeds.
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As economic and demographic growth increasingly coexists with poverty and homelessness, resident-led alternatives
to housing are supporting communities left behind.
Climate change, biodiversity loss and water conservation are often framed as problems in need of national policies. However, there is an often more important level of governance: the neighborhood.
The US and UK both face a housing crisis. But while US policy has stalled, the UK has just enacted major protections for renters.
Anti-immigrant housing policies have been cast as a way for citizens to access more housing, but they fail to prevent the shortages driving the crises.
From the Salem witch trials to McCarthyism and Charlie Kirk’s killing, an exaggerated fear of a particular group has resulted in repression from liberals and conservatives.
A new study of 40,000 real estate agents suggests that the first professional connection you make can boost your odds of success by 25%.
More than one year after the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling, a geographer who researches homelessness finds that the ruling is leading to more places criminalizing homelessness.
If the government supported rental assistance in amounts commensurate with the tax benefits given to homeowners, it would drastically alleviate the housing affordability crisis.
Labor costs – especially for unskilled roles – are climbing fast.
Unhoused people are more likely to die in hospitals or on the streets.
Communities with unstable housing, food deserts and less access to health care contribute to the problem.
Housing market appreciation has been the primary driver of growing white-Black wealth disparities since the mid-1980s.
Donald Trump’s false claims about Haitian immigrants echo an enduring element in the history of American housing − that certain people don’t belong in certain neighborhoods.
RealPage Inc. provides software that helps landlords keep rental prices high. The Justice Department called foul on the price-fixing practice.
The US Supreme Court’s high-profile Grants Pass ruling allows cities to clear homeless encampments, even if they can’t offer shelter. A scholar explains why a Housing First approach is more effective.
Florida home insurance premiums have shot up threefold in just five years.
Black would-be homeowners pay the price when big investors buy up the neighborhood.
Small suburbs have a track record of blocking new housing. Two urban policy experts explain why that’s a problem and what metro areas could do about it.
FEMA runs the largest managed retreat program in the country, Two disaster response experts looked at the demographics of who gets those buyouts and where they go.
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Associate Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
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Co-Director of Center for Urban Research, Director of Master of Science in Public Policy Program, & Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
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