Schools are federally mandated to provide extra support to students experiencing homelessness, but many students—particularly those of color—continue to fall through the cracks in California.
Housing
Through a growing master-planned community, a faith-based nonprofit in East Austin is working to make a dent in chronic homelessness.
Wichita, Kansas, is using about 70% of its vouchers to help unsheltered people and those fleeing domestic violence, one of the highest usage rates in the country.
Federal money for housing the pandemic wasn’t being spent. The city found a way to make sure more people were being housed sooner.
Unaffordable housing is a major factor that drives Black Oaklanders out of the California city—so what can we do about it?
After years of grassroots activism, the city has found success in addressing historical housing discrimination through community land trusts.
Opinion | Joe Biden | Eviction | Eviction moratorium | #CancelRent | Congress | Student Loan Debt | COVID-19
We keep saying we can’t go back to the way we were before the pandemic. But we just might be doing that.
One parcel at a time, Bay Area activists are pushing for land trust housing to decommodify land and take properties out of an unjust market.
Analysis | Affordable Housing | Coronavirus Coverage | Minneapolis | Corporations | tenant rights | absentee landlords
Private equity firms snatched up rental properties, then neglected them. So Minneapolis activists organized the tenants to fight for their rights.
As we face the impact of COVID-19, now is an opportune time to create equitable housing policies that can close the yawning gaps created by racial inequity.
Across the U.S., racial segregation was not the byproduct of urban planning but often its intention. Minneapolis, one of the most liberal cities in the country, is no exception.
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