Who is Buying Seattle? The Perils of the Luxury Real Estate Boom
A snapshot of luxury condominiums and their ownership and occupancy trends offers a preliminary peek at the challenges posed by Seattle’s luxury boom.
Housing
We Need a Homes Guarantee. Now.
A grassroots-led effort aims to ensure every person in the United States has safe, accessible, sustainable, and permanently affordable housing.
A California Coalition Takes On the Foreclosure King
The California Reinvestment Coalition is holding Steven Mnuchin's former bank accountable for the redlining that took place under his watch.
A Trump Plan to Throw 55,000 Children Out of Their Homes
A proposed rule would strip housing benefits from U.S. citizens if they’re found to have family members with the wrong immigration status.
Behold the 21st-Century Penthouse: Peak Decadence?
From the summit of our new ‘needle towers,’ the ultra rich can look but never really see.
In New York, and Beyond, Our Plutocrats May Need a New Playbook
Four decades ago, California conservatives exploited frustrations over housing to help the rich become richer. Now progressives in New York have turned the tables.
In an Unequal America, Empathy, Not Just Housing, Has Become Too Pricey
What else can we expect when only the rich get to feel secure?
Luxury Development is Making Our Housing Crisis Worse
Developers tout increased building as a salve for rising rents, lining their pockets while driving cycles of displacement.