“The story of American public housing is one of quiet successes drowned out by loud failures,” writes the historian Ed Goetz.

Over the next decade, the city’s demographics will change dramatically, and housing policy will largely determine who gets to stay.

In his confirmation hearing, he simultaneously pledged to maintain and eliminate programs from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Comparing shelter and groceries helps illustrate some of the absurdities built into the nation’s housing policy.

How Montana performed a housing miracle

And it’s the housing market’s fault.