Social Impact

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.

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.

IPS report documents missing millions as Massachusetts state legislature fails to act on Boston’s luxury transfer tax.

Too many lawmakers are happy to dole out subsidies for the rich and corporations while resisting pay increases for educators.