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![A home is offered for sale on January 20, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/10/2022_1006-real-estate-400x300.jpg)
Fears of a Housing Crash Threaten Life Savings of Tens of Millions in the US
The Federal Reserve’s policies are also pushing home ownership further out of reach for first-time buyers.
![Jared Kushner’s Firm to Pay $3.25M for Deceiving, Cheating Tenants in Baltimore](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/SEG2-kushner-trump-400x300.jpg)
Jared Kushner’s Firm to Pay $3.25M for Deceiving, Cheating Tenants in Baltimore
The company hounded low-income tenants with a barrage of lawsuits, eviction notices and late fees.
![Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast, title graphic featuring guests Sterling Johnson and Rasheda Alexander and host Kelly Hayes.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0920-movement-memos-400x300.jpg)
Philly Families Faced With Eviction Are Rising Up, Refusing to Leave Their Homes
“I want everyone to fight,” says organizer Sterling Johnson.
![A street remains flooded on August 31, 2021, in Barataria, Louisiana, following Hurricane Ida making landfall.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/2022_0908-louisiana-flooding-400x300.jpg)
Sea Rise Will Submerge Hundreds of Thousands of US Homes and Buildings by 2050
A new analysis shows nearly 650,000 individual properties are at risk of falling below tidal boundaries.
![LA Ballot Measure Would Let Unhoused People Stay in Hotels Past Pandemic](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/09/seg2-unhoused-hotel-400x300.jpg)
LA Ballot Measure Would Let Unhoused People Stay in Hotels Past Pandemic
In LA County, around 60,000 people are unhoused and thousands more face eviction, even as 20,000 hotel rooms are vacant.
![People gather for The Right to REST without ARREST Rally and Press Conference on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall on July 28, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0815-housing-protest-400x300.jpg)
Unhoused Activists Are Fighting a Surge of Bills Criminalizing Homelessness
As soaring rents push people onto the streets, many unhoused people are rising up against harmful legislation.
![Tenants and activists take part in a rally at the Delta Pines apartment complex in Antioch, California, on June 22, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/08/2022_0812-rent--400x300.jpg)
Tenants Call on Biden to Act as Rent Increases Reach a 35-Year High
Housing advocates demand that President Biden declare a national emergency.
![Tenants and activists march after a rally at the Delta Pines apartment complex in Antioch, California, on June 22, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/07/2022_0729-housing-protest-400x300.jpg)
4 Companies Filed Nearly 15,000 Eviction Actions in COVID’s First 16 Months
A new report shows how corporate landlords engaged in harassment and abusive deception of their tenants.
![Rep. Ilhan Omar attends a news conference on Capitol Hill on November 30, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0325-ilhan-omar-400x300.jpg)
Ilhan Omar Introduces Bill to Guarantee Housing as a Human Right
The bill would repeal the Faircloth Amendment, which places a hard limit on the amount of public housing in the country.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asks a question during a hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on August 24, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/03/2022_0309-ocasio-cortez-400x300.jpg)
Ocasio-Cortez Digs Into Private Equity for Buying Houses and Jacking Up Rents
Regular homebuyers are “competing against the largest private equity firm in the world to purchase a home,” she said.