The sordid signs of gentrification puncture the fabric of urbanity in a variety of ways. Sometimes it’s obvious—the new luxury apartment...

California has a housing problem. Homes in the state are, on average, more expensive than in almost any other state in the country....

“The rats don’t run this city, we do,” New York City Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch proclaimed in an October 18 announcement....

As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building...

In America’s most unaffordable city, you need to earn $123 per hour to afford a median-priced single-family home. If you’re not looking...

Centering high housing costs in the homelessness debate marks a major change from previous discourse. Conservative politicians like Texas...

President Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election because of his housing plan, but it can still dramatically improve the lives of...

Home ownership has always characterized the American Dream. Suburban two-story houses with long driveways and perfectly manicured lawns...

Today, as the temperatures drop in Nashville, people experiencing homelessness in the city may find themselves retiring to a jail to...

At the dawn of the foreclosure crisis in 2009, Mary Kaptur, a Democratic House representative from Ohio, shocked the nation from the...

Take a look out of your window. You’ll probably see homes or apartment buildings, fairly similar to your own. What rules determine who...

In 2013, early investor in Facebook Sean Parker bankrolled a lobbying effort that pairs a capital-gains tax break with an incentive to...

William Faulkner once cheekily referred to Los Angeles as “the plastic asshole of the world,” and nearly every Urbanist and NUMTOT would...

There is no denying that Providence is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis: For the 40 percent of Rhode Island residents who are...

In 2009, a homeless encampment under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami attained international infamy when it was discovered that all the...

“You have the right to remain silent… You have the right to an attorney… If you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you at no...

On August 15, 2018, the New Zealand parliament passed an unprecedented law barring most foreign buyers from purchasing homes, fulfilling...

China’s meteoric economic rise has relied on hundreds of millions of rural migrants. These migrants make incredible sacrifices for the...

In July 2012, Nigerian authorities certified the destruction of one of Lagos’ prominent slums, Makoko, otherwise known as the “Venice of...

This year, the Mortgage Bankers Association chose an unintentionally revealing location for their annual conference — a Las Vegas casino....