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"When rents skyrocket amidst a severe shortage of affordable housing and a shredded safety net, more people become homeless. It really is that simple—and preventable."
“Across the country, low-income renters are in an even worse situation than before the pandemic due to things like massive increases in rent during the pandemic, inflation and other pandemic-era related financial difficulties.”
Soaring real estate markets have created a worldwide housing crisis. What can we learn from a city that has largely avoided it? The difference is Vienna prioritizes subsidizing construction, while the U.S. prioritizes subsidizing people with vouchers
Clampdown on LGBTQ, praying for Putin, and polarized families
Trump Hangs Up on NPR. David Byrne's American Utopia. Michigan AG Refers Fake Electors to Feds. The Landlord’s Worst Nightmare Could Protect Millions of New Yorkers. Jordan Klepper Runs Into Matt Gaetz.
Jeff Seal, a comedian and housing advocate, takes an unconventional approach to educating New York tenants about a law that he believes will offer more security to millions of renters and working-class New Yorkers.
Did the moratorium prevent evictions? Did it promote public health? The answer to both of those questions is a resounding yes. The eviction moratorium was among the most important public health interventions of the pandemic. It saved lives...
Multiple crises have merged: a crisis of democracy; a climate crisis with lives and livelihoods upended in the Gulf Coast, the Northeast and in the West; and an economic crisis in which millions are being cut off from Pandemic Unemployment Insurance
By striking down the CDC's eviction moratorium, said one critic, the Supreme Court "sided with rich corporate landlords that are itching to kick out vulnerable families."
Wang fears that millions of “invisible evictions” will occur over the coming months as landlords ratchet up the pressure on tenants, pushing tenants to “self-evict.”
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