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Housing
Ten Years After Financial Crisis, Our Elites Have Learned Nothing
The housing bubble was also the story of the Great Recession.
London’s “Land Banking” Ventures Expose Startling Wealth Inequality
No place is feeling the bite of the UK housing crisis quite as savagely as London.
Skyrocketing Rents in California Signal a Broader US Housing Crisis
Rent control activists are also pushing for community land trusts and city-owned housing to abate the housing crisis.
Tenants March to Stop Giveaways to Wall Street Landlords
Republicans are proposing severe cuts to low-income housing assistance, while continuing to subsidize private equity housing profiteers.
“The Vulnerable Have Entered a More Precarious State Than Ever”: Marc Lamont Hill on Neoliberalism’s “Nobodies“
Marc Lamont Hill discusses neoliberalism, the plea bargain system and the current callous politics of disposability.
Grenfell Tower Fire Raises Questions About London’s Public Housing Safety
Public housing is often shabbily maintained because occupants are low-income — and frequently people of color.
What They Want to Hide Tells You Who They Are
There's one provision stuck in this plan that may not seem like much at first glance, but it gives away their game.
Alton Sterling: A Life of Collateral Insecurity
Sterling's life was devalued by the criminal legal system long before his death. He was a victim of the collateral consequences of a criminal record.
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Why Peg City Car Co-op Is Joining Forces With Housing Co-ops in Winnipeg, Canada
One Winnipeg car-sharing startup is beginning to not only improve accessibility for locals and visitors, but it's doing so innovatively.
Gentrification Represents a Geography of Inequality
Gentrification creates a rich, city-based ruling class and a mass of disconnected people spread out everywhere else.