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The New American Homeless

Housing insecurity in the nation’s richest cities is far worse than government statistics claim. Just ask the Goodmans. By Brian Goldstone August 21, 2019 Photographs by Sheila Pree Bright for The New Republic Last August, Cokethia Goodman returned home from work to discover a typed… Read More »The New American Homeless

Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot

By EMILY BADGER and QUOCTRUNG BUIJUNE 18, 2019 Townhomes, duplexes and apartments are effectively banned in many neighborhoods. Now some communities regret it. Single-family zoning is practically gospel in America, embraced by homeowners and local governments to protect neighborhoods of tidy houses from denser development nearby. Residential land… Read More »Cities Start to Question an American Ideal: A House With a Yard on Every Lot

Affordable Housing

by Lindy Davies It has been generally assumed, for many years, that “the free market isn’t good at providing affordable housing.” If the free market can’t satisfy that basic, universal human need, then we can’t afford to trust the free market, can we? Oddly, the… Read More »Affordable Housing