How Investors Accelerate the Affordable Housing Crisis
Investor purchases accounted for 24 percent of all residential real estate sales in Boston in the fourth quarter of 2022. A 10 percent tax on those sales could yield $82 million in revenue.
Investor purchases accounted for 24 percent of all residential real estate sales in Boston in the fourth quarter of 2022. A 10 percent tax on those sales could yield $82 million in revenue.
Housing vouchers and food stamps helped my family escape a dangerous situation. Will families today get the same chance?
Voters approved proposals to tax the rich, build worker power, and make housing and education more affordable.
The Bay Area is home to some of America’s most frightening inequalities. But ballot measures supporting affordable housing, free college, and voter turnout offer a promising political horizon.