60 Years After the March on Washington, Black Economic Inequality Persists
Sixty years without substantially narrowing the racial wealth divide is a policy failure.
Housing
Boston’s Wealthy Real Estate Players Avoid Paying their Fair Share
The state legislature has blocked the city’s luxury real estate transfer tax for nearly four years.
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.
Don’t Let Politicians Cut Housing Aid
Housing vouchers and food stamps helped my family escape a dangerous situation. Will families today get the same chance?
Inequality-Fighting Ballot Initiatives Win Big
Voters approved proposals to tax the rich, build worker power, and make housing and education more affordable.
San Francisco Confronts Inequality at the Ballot Box
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.
New Yorkers Visit Vienna for Social Housing Inspiration
A delegation of New York tenant advocates and legislators traveled to the European city renowned for its livability and social housing system. There, housing is a human right, not a commodity – and it looks good, too.
In One Maine City, Solutions to the Affordability Crisis Are on the Ballot
If the Livable Portland campaign proves successful in November, it will demonstrate the power of local organizing when the federal government is gridlocked.
Report: The High Cost of Inaction by the Massachusetts Legislature
IPS report documents missing millions as Massachusetts state legislature fails to act on Boston’s luxury transfer tax.