To Hell With Poverty
In his new book, Matthew Desmond argues that abolishing poverty will require an ambitious moral undertaking.
Winter 2024
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Homeless in Midtown: The View from Mainchance
The face of homelessness in New York City is changing, but the underlying problem remains the same: the failure to build affordable housing.
The Age of Housing Austerity
A raft of laws at the state level has given tenants new tools to fight eviction. But when it comes to the broader housing crisis, most elected leaders have done little more than kick the can down the road.
Who Segregated America?
Federal housing policies contributed to the segregation of American cities in the twentieth century. But it was private interests that led the way.
Redlining, Race, and the Color of Money
Redlining maps document the deep history of institutional racism in the United States. They also reveal how the federal government managed risk for capital—a role that has perpetuated inequality long after the end of explicit discrimination in the housing market.
Reclaim Our Homes
The coronavirus pandemic is forcing politicians to act in ways that just weeks ago seemed unthinkable. And activists like the Reclaimers are opening the cracks still wider.
Redlined by Algorithm
A new rule proposed by Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development could allow landlords and real-estate brokers to get away with discrimination by blaming it on computer modeling.
The New Housing Politics
Three new articles on the movements and ideas behind the fight for housing justice.
The Faces of Eviction
Sociologist Matthew Desmond discusses the scope of the eviction epidemic—and how ordinary people are fighting back.
Taking Back the Suburbs
America’s suburbs are no longer the white-picket enclaves of the popular imagination, thanks in large part to the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Yet the pathbreaking law remains far from delivering on its original promise. Can creative new litigation change that?
Beyond the Market: Housing Alternatives from the Grassroots
What would community-owned, democratically controlled housing actually look like? From California to Germany to Uruguay, popular movements offer an inspiring range of answers.
Zoning for the 1%
The rezoning of northern Manhattan has exposed the failings of New York City’s top-down housing program, which puts the profits of landlords and developers over the rights of tenants.
Adulting While Poor
Forget the avocado toast. Popular narratives about downwardly mobile millennials and their spending habits overlook a key factor in why young people have been hit so hard by today’s housing crisis: class.
How Real Estate Segregated America
Real-estate interests have long wielded an outsized influence over national housing policy—to the detriment of African Americans.
The Housing Revolution We Need
A decade after the crash of 2008, a growing movement has thrust our prolonged housing crisis to the center of the national agenda. Could this generation finally make the right to housing a reality?
Introducing the special section of our Fall issue.
