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February 6, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Dozens of Public Housing Officials Arrested in Record Corruption Bust
A New York corruption scandal has led to the largest number of federal bribery changes in a single day.
January 10, 2022
Eileen Markey
A Bronx Community Bloomed After One Housing Crisis. Can It Survive Another?
In the 1980s, a government program helped Black families buy new homes amid fires and flight. Now that generation is moving south, as the neighborhood faces a new threat: affordability.
July 16, 2021
Clio Chang
The Problem of the Small Landlord and Other Pandemic Relief Traps
Landlords claiming extreme hardship are blaming eviction moratoriums for their troubles. These are misdirections we have to reject while rebuilding from the pandemic.
April 2, 2021
Tracy Rosenthal
The Enduring Fiction of Affordable Housing
These public-private partnerships skate by on their complexity and branding, but they undermine a future where housing is a right.
April 1, 2021
Marie Solis
The Eternal Quest for the Unicorn Apartment
Why we gawk at stories about rent-controlled apartments, and how the basics—a secure, affordable roof over one’s head—became the stuff of fantasy
December 14, 2020
Morgan Baskin
HUD Deserves Better Than Marcia Fudge
The chronic neglect of the nation’s housing agency continues with Joe Biden’s decision to tap an inexperienced Ohio lawmaker as its leader.
September 18, 2020
A. Ramirez
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Nick Martin
I’m Living Under the Weight of Nearly Four Months of Back Rent
“What really worries me is what’s gonna happen next year. I may find more income sources; I may not.”
July 13, 2020
Nick Martin
Don’t Give Dan Snyder a Stadium
Racist NFL team name or not, Washington, D.C., deserves better than the same old stadium grift.
December 4, 2015
Eve Ewing
Rahm Emanuel’s Next Scandal? Chicago’s Public Housing
As the mayor reels from the Laquan McDonald controversy, he must deal with a housing authority with heavy pockets and empty promises.
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