Illinois cannot act to provide relief for its renters struggling under the coronavirus pandemic because of a 1997 rent control ban pushed by the Right. But this could change if its governor, J. B. Pritzker, used his emergency powers to lift that ban.
Ideas for the present and the future from the international left, news reports, and more.
Safe and secure housing access is itself a key determinant of health. If we focus on just the physical and chemical hazards of the indoor environment, we will ignore health problems associated with housing insecurity for millions of families.
This is not the time to pull up the (national) hatches and speak simply of the fight against the virus inside our own borders.
A new Urban Institute study measures the spatial mismatch between where job seekers live and employment opportunities.
Corruption on top, rebellion on the bottom, and Bernie on the ballot
Persistent housing segregation lies at the root of many of our society’s problems. Trump wants to make it worse. This was not a peculiar Southern obsession, but consistent nationwide. In many hundreds of instances nationwide, mob violence....
On a federal and local level, candidates have bold plans for tackling affordability and equity
As advocates and service providers brace for an executive order on homelessness, HUD Secretary Ben Carson heads to Houston.
Read the Editor's Intro to our latest print issue of the NACLA Report, Radical Cities, focused on municipalism, housing movements, and local radical democracy in Latin America, from Mexico City to Montevideo.
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