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In a new set of guidelines, the Public Design Commission shows how a more equitable, resilient, and livable city starts with affordable housing.
Curbed: Can good design help NYC’s affordable housing crisis? Read More »
The nation’s housing policy for the poor can feel like a giant lottery. Sometimes it actually is a lottery.
Invites comment on whether HUD rule is “consistent” with Supreme Court ruling
Housingwire: HUD signals changes could be coming to disparate impact rule Read More »
Progressives are lining up behind a jobs guarantee—but leaving the details for later.
The Atlantic: A promise so big, Democrats aren’t sure how to keep it Read More »
California is in fact losing population, but for many people, the calculation is more about social networks than economics.
Nationally, the median home value in redlined areas is $276,100, compared with $324,489 outside of them—a difference of nearly $50,000.
Slate: Redlining has taken a huge toll on property values. But not everywhere. Read More »
GOP lawmakers question Fed’s regulatory chief on banks’ moves to restrict some firearm transactions.
The Wall Street Journal: Quarles: Not Fed’s place to take a position on guns Read More »
A six-part series reflects on the role of public housing in America.
Carson suspended the rule in January, allowing local and state governments to continue receiving HUD grants without compliance with the full requirements of the Fair Housing Act.
Will the Trump Administration dismantle our best protection against another financial crisis?
The New Yorker: The dangers of undoing Dodd-Frank Read More »
Legal experts say Berkshire Hathaway’s mortgage companies are carrying out the very practices outlawed by the Fair Housing Act.
Reveal: Warren Buffett’s mortgage companies set up to cater to white clients Read More »
An interview with the co-author of an ambitious plan to tackle America’s housing crisis.
Mother Jones: The case for building public housing that doesn’t suck—and lots of it Read More »
The United States is on track to be a majority-minority nation by 2044. But census data show most of our neighbors are the same race.
The Washington Post: America is more diverse than ever — but still segregated Read More »
The D.C. students developed a method to purify lead-contaminated water.
Ben Carson’s proposal would put nearly 1 million children at risk of homelessness, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said.
