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Low-income housing

Alex and Lynda Pepin | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | The Institute for Justice | obsidian too | Unsplash

Property Rights

Minnesota Town Denies Family Permission To Build Affordable Housing Unit on Their Property

The Pepin family is suing the City of Blaine after the City Council used dubious reasoning to deny a permit for additional housing on their property.

Tosin Akintola | 8.5.2025 1:06 PM

An apartment building under construction | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Midjourney

Housing Policy

Rent Prices Are Falling Fast in America's Most Pro-Housing Cities

From January 2024 to January 2025, average rent in Sarasota fell from $3,290 to $1,886 per month.

Tosin Akintola | 7.22.2025 11:10 AM

7-11-25-v1 | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Midjourney

Eminent Domain

New Jersey Court Strikes Down Town's Use of Eminent Domain To Skirt Affordable Housing Mandates

Despite the setback, Middletown Township is taking the case to the state supreme court.

Tosin Akintola | 7.11.2025 12:15 PM

House with caution tape | Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Midjourney | ChatGPT

Affordable Housing

New Jersey Towns Face Setback in Lawsuit Against State's Affordable Housing Mandate

Despite this setback, a coalition of municipalities is challenging the state’s housing program in federal court.

Tosin Akintola | 7.1.2025 11:45 AM

Donald Trump speaking | Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA/Newscom

Low-income housing

Why Do Republicans Support the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit?

Publicly funded homes in some cities are costing taxpayers more than $1 million per unit, but Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would increase funding for these inefficient projects.

Howard Husock | 6.24.2025 12:40 PM

A little row of red wooden houses sits on a table | Photo by Tierra Mallorca on Unsplash

Housing Policy

California Is Trying To Drive Landlords Out of Business

Which is bad news for anyone hoping to rent a place to live.

Steven Greenhut | 4.19.2024 7:30 AM

The logo of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development surrounded by a 0 bill that looks like it's gone through a shredder. | Illustration: Lex Villena. Source images: Wikimedia.

Homelessness

The Feds Give States Millions To Fix Homelessness, but States Are Sending It Back

Bureaucratic ineptitude leads to waste—and more people on the streets.

Kate Farmer | 2.21.2024 2:40 PM

The kitchen of a new, empty apartment. | Alexandre Zveiger | Dreamstime.com

Low-income housing

Brickbat: Still Waiting

Charles Oliver | 10.4.2023 4:00 AM

An aerial shot of Vienna, Austria | Vvvita/Dreamstime.com

Housing Policy

The Hidden Failures of Social Housing in 'Red Vienna'

A new report details how the city's famed social housing system is suffering from diminishing affordability, deteriorating quality, and funding shortfalls.

Christian Britschgi | 9.21.2023 3:35 PM

a homeless person's tent set up in a parking lot | Photo by Naomi August on Unsplash

Housing Policy

Declaring a 'Right' to Housing Won't Solve Homelessness

Instead, try making it easier to build more housing!

Steven Greenhut | 7.14.2023 8:00 AM

reason-homes2 |  Wisconsinart/Dreamstime.com

Property Rights

Study: Banning Investors From Buying Homes Leads to Higher Rents, More Gentrification

Home prices were unaffected by a ban on buy-to-rent housing in the Netherlands, but more affordable rental housing disappeared.

Christian Britschgi | 6.19.2023 5:10 PM

The Brewster-Douglass Housing projects that are slowly being demolished in Detroit, Michigan. | Alexis Simpson/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Affordable Housing

Don't Bring Back Public Housing

An idea so bad it was bound to return.

Steven Greenhut | 6.2.2023 8:00 AM

A graphic with a tan background and a homeless person pushing a cart | Illustration: Lex Villena; Aaron Kohr

Homelessness

Homelessness Isn't an Unfixable Problem

Start by looking at the government policies that have made it worse.

Steven Greenhut | 5.19.2023 8:00 AM

favela1 | Photos by Scott Beyer

Brazil

How a Public Housing Project Became an Unplanned Neighborhood

A favela in southern Brazil shows the upside of an "invasive" urban form—and offers lessons for U.S. housing policy.

Scott Beyer | 2.19.2023 6:00 AM

Car driving on a map of Atlanta | Photo 35164105 © Karen Foley | Dreamstime.com

Affordable Housing

Zoning Police Continue To Find New Ways To Punish the Poor

Multiple factors contribute to housing shortages, but zoning constraints are mostly to blame.

Erica Smith Ewing and Daryl James | 1.11.2023 11:35 AM

Josefine Lozano and Dorice Pierce | Institute for Justice

Warrants

Illinois City Agrees To Stop Fining People for Resisting Warrantless Home Inspections

Zion’s attempts to push out unwanted renters collides with Fourth Amendment protections.

Scott Shackford | 1.4.2023 2:35 PM

housing market torn apart | Illustration: Lex Villlena; Victoria Ruban

Zoning

Christian Britschgi: Zoning Restrictions Worsen the Housing Crisis

Associate Editor Christian Britschgi breaks down how zoning restrictions distort the housing market.

Peter Suderman | 9.2.2022 6:00 AM

New Leaf tiny homes for the homeless in North Las Vegas before they were demolished | New Leaf/Instagram

Homelessness

Tiny Homes for Las Vegas Homeless Demolished Over Code Violations

Plus: Trump sues over Mar-a-Lago raid, why people vote to "dismantle democracy," how Ireland ruined its rental market, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.23.2022 9:30 AM

Overhead shot of a small group of people gathered in a mobile home community. | Sarah A. Miller/TNS/Newscom

Housing Policy

Mobile Homes Are a Crucial Source of Affordable Housing. Politicians Are Trying To Zone Them Out of Town.

The government should not take away reliable and affordable housing from those who need it most.

Jefferson Lilly | 8.9.2022 7:00 AM

Screenshots from a cellphone video of protesters. | Illustration: Lex Villena; Jana Katsuyama

NIMBY

Protesters Declare 'Housing Is a Human Right' While Marching Against New Housing Construction

New housing construction for 1,100 UC Berkeley students and 125 homeless people was paused Wednesday in response to protests. 

Emma Camp | 8.5.2022 10:27 AM

Playground closed off with tape | Anna Kraynova | Dreamstime.com

Free-Range Kids

NYC Has 98 Closed Playgrounds, Despite Mayor Eric Adams' Pledge

The mayor promised to reopen city playgrounds, but more of them are currently closed than before he took office.

Lenore Skenazy | 7.27.2022 5:30 PM

Chicago skyline | Ian Whitworth / Dreamstime.com

Brickbats

Brickbat: Still Interested?

Charles Oliver | 6.13.2022 4:00 AM

candyman-lg | Universal Pictures

Movies

Candyman Is a Sharp Deconstruction of Political Horror Movies

Horror filmmaking has always been political, but the new Candyman takes it to a different level.

Peter Suderman | 8.26.2021 12:28 PM

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Homelessness

Los Angeles Is Squandering $1.2 Billion While Homeless Face a 'Spiral of Death'

Federal Judge David O. Carter says Los Angeles' “inaction" is "so egregious, and the state so nonfunctional" that it's likely "in violation of the Equal Protection Clause."

Zach Weissmueller | 7.7.2021 9:46 AM

reason-trump7 | Sarah Silbiger / Pool via CNP / SplashNews/Newscom

Housing Policy

Trump Appeals to Progressive Voters With Promise To Defend Suburbs Against New Housing Development

NIMBYism comes in many different ideological stripes. Fewer homes and higher rents is always the result.

Christian Britschgi | 7.29.2020 4:30 PM

skidrow_1161x653 | JIM RUYMEN/UPI/Newscom

Homelessness

When Shelters Are Full, Can Cities Herd Homeless People Into Jails?

The Ninth Circuit says no, and the Supreme Court isn't weighing in.

Scott Shackford | 12.17.2019 12:35 PM

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Reasontv

Government Caused Housing Segregation. Do We Need More Government to Fix the Problem?

The Manhattan Institute's Howard Husock debates Economic Policy Institute's Richard Rothstein at the Soho Forum.

Todd Krainin | 1.23.2019 3:05 PM

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San Francisco

This Insane Battle To Block a New Apartment Building Explains Why San Francisco and Other Cities Are So Expensive

Bob Tillman has spent nearly 5 years and $1.4 million trying to convert his laundromat into new housing.

Justin Monticello | 12.27.2018 12:51 PM

Large image on homepages | Richard B. Levine/Newscom

Sex

NYC Housing Authority Embroiled in Boozy, Salacious Orgy Scandal

Apparently, nothing could get in the way of city employees' desire to party.

Joe Setyon | 8.30.2018 11:00 AM

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Housing Policy

Jay Austin, Tiny House Innovator, Killed in Attack Claimed by ISIS

Austin was part of a group murdered in Tajikistan.

Todd Krainin | 8.1.2018 10:27 AM

Large image on homepages | Slickspics/Dreamstime.com

Low-income housing

The Corrupt Politics of Low-Income Housing

State officials gleefully line their own pockets at taxpayers' expense.

Christian Britschgi | 1.15.2018 6:00 AM

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