Recently introduced legislation would help break corporate America’s grip on our housing stock.
Instead of treating real estate as a commodity, we can underwrite the construction of millions of homes and apartments that, by law, must remain affordable.
No one wakes up one morning and chooses to be homeless. No one says to themselves, “How fun would it be for my kids and my family to live in a tent without food, water, school, or transportation?”
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What if you stopped and listened to what they have to say? You might find their stories strikingly relatable.
One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city.
In Minneapolis, the housing shortage has fractured the green community.
Earlier this month, California passed a bill requiring the state to produce a study and recommendations on expanding the state’s social housing sector. Organizers hope it will be the first step in providing de-commodified shelter on a large scale.
"We need universal rent controls in this country, and we actually need the federal government to champion them."
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