Covid-19 has revealed the depths of the nation’s rental housing crisis — but a group of Minneapolis tenants has shown that a different future is possible.

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For many poor Americans, losing their home is a way of life.

The sociologist Matthew Desmond identifies specific practices and policies that consign tens of millions to destitution.

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Three years ago, the Covid-19 pandemic struck the United States, and the economy sputtered in the direction of collapse. Social distancing protocols

In a new book, Matthew Desmond argues that to understand what keeps people poor, we need to take a good look at the rich.

An enormous entitlement in the tax code props up home prices — and overwhelmingly benefits the wealthy and the upper middle class.

Threatening to turn families out of their homes during the coronavirus fight isn’t just morally suspect; it’s dangerous.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist offers a new explanation for an intractable problem.

The Covid-19 public health emergency is ending. But some pandemic relief benefits, even if temporary, made way for more generous social policies.

The sociologist believes the US is stacked against the poor and decisions by the rich are to blame

It adds to the growing body of evidence that addressing homelessness saves money elsewhere.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist examines America’s reliance on exploiting the poor.

The shuttering of public housing complexes in two small Midwestern towns raises big questions for residents, HUD and Congress. To tell the story, I could use your help.

This rich country has the means to abolish poverty.

The C.D.C. action cited the coronavirus risk if tenants are forced into shelters or other crowded quarters. It did not lift their rent obligation.

https://www.nbm.org/exhibition/evicted/The National Building Museum announces a new, ground-breaking exhibition exploring the causes and impacts of eviction....

Racism is at the heart of our nation’s inequality.

The new law protecting low-income tenants is the first in the nation.

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The new book by the sociologist and author of “Evicted” examines the persistence of want in the wealthy United States, finding that keeping some citizens poor serves the interests of many.

A new tenant protection law enacted by the state may already be paying off for tens of thousands of New York City renters, as the number of eviction cases filed by landlords has plummeted, Wall...

See how your state ranks in our nationwide scorecard of housing policies in response to COVID-19.

A new generation of activists is trying to figure out where to concentrate its efforts. Residential desegregation is the final frontier.

Washington, DC – On December 18, 2019, Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act, which would create an additional 500,000...