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Housing Crisis
LA Fires Didn’t Discriminate in Their Destruction — But Recovery Efforts Could
Amid rent gouging, land speculators and insurance woes, the cost of rebuilding may exceed working people’s means.
Mutual Aid Networks That Emerged in Housing Crisis Are Mobilizing Amid LA Fires
“If you can make a sandwich, you can start a mutual aid network,” one Los Angeles organizer told Truthout.
We Have the Tools to Solve Homelessness — Lawmakers Refuse to Use Them
The research shows clear housing solutions — but Project 2025's prescriptions will only exacerbate the crisis.
Report Finds US Homelessness Soared by a Record 18 Percent Since 2023
The federal process, long criticized for undercounting, found over 770,000 people unhoused on one night in 2024.
People Rarely Recover Property Cities Say They Store Following Encampment Raids
Storage programs are meant to protect people’s property rights, but they rarely achieve their objective.
Newsom Threatens to Defund CA Counties That Don’t Clear Homeless Encampments
The move follows the governor's executive order last month directing officials to clear homeless encampments.
Biden Proposed a Rent Cap for Corporate Landlords. What’s Next?
Biden’s rent control plan must pass through Congress to become reality. Tenants say the president could still act now.
SCOTUS Ruling Sets Stage for Battle Over Camping Bans Against Unhoused People
More people become unhoused every day, and criminalization makes the problem worse. But cities have a choice.
The Most Common Essential Jobs in the US Don’t Pay a Living Wage
The economy is improving, but inequality is tearing the US apart. Democrats ignore working-class pain at their peril.
SCOTUS Ignores Housing Crisis in Hearing on Laws Criminalizing Unhoused People
As the court hearing took place, unhoused people and their allies rallied outside, demanding “housing, not handcuffs.”