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Low-income housing

Car driving on a map of Atlanta

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

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

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Infrastructure

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

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

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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

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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

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

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Brickbats

Brickbat: Still Interested?

Charles Oliver | 6.13.2022 4:00 AM

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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