How housing scarcity fuels the illiberal right
Decisions that occurred outside public view helped produce the nation’s housing crisis.
Spiraling housing prices in Provincetown are an extreme version of what’s happening in the U.S. as whole.
The rules that govern land are the foundation of our lives.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development should consider doing some housing and urban development.
Supply skepticism and shortage denialism are pushing against the actual solution to the housing crisis: building enough homes.
New market-rate development helps relieve pressure on local housing prices.
In 15 years, we’ve had a historic housing crash, a historic housing crunch, a historic pandemic-fueled buying spree, and a historic mortgage-rate spiral.
As the Supreme Court narrowly rules in favor of housing integration, our readers debate the merits of affordable housing and whether the government should use race as a key factor in shaping policy.
“The story of American public housing is one of quiet successes drowned out by loud failures,” writes the historian Ed Goetz.