Tag: housing policy
From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make...
Susanne Schindler, Harvard Kennedy School
Seattle astounded housing advocates around the country in February 2025, when roughly two-thirds of...
How building more backyard homes, granny flats and in-law suites can...
Jeff Kruth, Miami University and Murali Paranandi, Miami University
To many people, the image of a nuclear family in...
An open letter on rental housing reform
John Watson, The Conversation
Following a review of the New South Wales Residential Tenancies Act 2010 in 2016 and extended consultations, the NSW government has...
Ben Carson’s effort to ‘reform’ housing safety net would deepen poverty...
Alex Schwartz, The New School
The Trump administration recently proposed fundamental changes to how the federal government helps low-income families pay for housing.
Housing and...
Mortgage interest deduction is a terrible way to help middle-class homeowners
Gil B. Manzon Jr., Boston College
Republican lawmakers’ plans to rewrite the tax code would make it harder for most Americans to take advantage of...
In Rio’s bulldozed _favelas,_ echoes of America’s shantytowns
Lisa Goff, University of Virginia
The 500,000 tourists expected to attend the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will see a dazzling city, miles...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
