Microblog #109: Is affordable housing a public good?
291 Words Localities look to eminent domain as a way to preserve affordability. Have you seen “eminent domain”…
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Microblog #108: Shock it to me.
251 Words Root cause or magic cure? The curious case of new apartments in gentrifying neighborhoods. New market-rate…
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Microblog #105: New year, same problems.
A New Year’s resolution for the housing industry: increase Black homeownership. One shameful milestone from 2019 we should…
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Microblog #103: Open doors and larger pockets.
Our doors are open—to new Virginians and new dollars for housing Last week’s microblog touched on the changing immigration landscape…
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Microblog #102: What’s pushing people out of America’s big cities?
America’s biggest cities are shrinking. Is it just a blip, or a look into our future? America’s three…
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Microblog #97: Ghosts and ghouls are spooky, but not as spooky as rent burden.
This Halloween, there’s nothing scarier than more people spending too much on rent. For the past decade, nearly…
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Microblog #96
Across the country, tenant unions are growing. Will 2020 be the year of the tenant? A record number…
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Microblog #87: Generational warfare?
Are we stoking generational warfare with our housing policies? Much has been written about millennials and their different…
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Microblog #86
A housing drinking game for the presidential debates? Be careful what you wish for. There’s something different about…
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Microblog #85: Digging to the Roots of High Housing Costs.
Affordable housing may be complicated, but its causes aren’t rocket science. Most folks only think about the law…
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