Inequality-Fighting Ballot Initiatives Win Big
Voters approved proposals to tax the rich, build worker power, and make housing and education more affordable.
Inaction Costs City of Boston $20 Million+ in Funds for Affordable Housing
New analysis from the Institute for Policy Studies shows how much Boston’s failure to enact a luxury real estate tax has cost the city.
The High Cost of Beacon Hill Inaction
IPS Report Documents Missing Millions as Massachusetts State Legislature Fails to Act on Boston’s Luxury Transfer Tax
Tax the Rich, House the Homeless
In L.A., 1 percenters currently pay less than a 1 percent city tax on the mansions they make millions selling.
The Height of Folly: Safeboxes in the Sky
Can’t our society find something better to do than give billionaires playpens over a quarter-mile up?
The Least Sympathetic People in the Entire World?
They just may be the super rich who’ve bought mega-million condos in midtown Manhattan’s now infamous needle towers.
We Must End the Housing Crisis
Communities need to expand the supply of local homeownership and permanently affordable rental housing, owned by nonprofits and community housing authorities.
Who Is Buying My Neighborhood?
Anonymous corporations own more and more of our cities.
The Eviction Crisis is a Race and Gender Wage Gap Issue
Rep. Cori Bush delivered a win for millions of renters, but inequalities that make Black women particularly vulnerable to evictions continue.
Building Tenant Power with the Housing Justice for All Coalition
As the federal eviction moratorium expiration date looms, housing organizers in one of America’s most unequal states offer a new, equitable path forward.
Who Owns the City? Luxury Towers and Supercharged Gentrification
Wealthy workers moving into central, walkable neighborhoods has long caused gentrification, but global capital is exacerbating the situation.
A California Cooperative Tackles Inequality by Reimagining the Future of Housing
By working towards creating ‘land without landlords,’ this East Bay cooperative is helping communities build pathways to collective property ownership and community wealth.
Vacant Housing
A new report addresses housing shortages and vacancies in Los Angeles.
California Seniors Protest Eviction with ‘Walker Brigade’
‘If I have to move I’m going to lose my friends, my house, my doctor, my neighborhood. Everything.’
A Silicon Valley Life Lesson: Money that ‘Clumps’ Crushes
A new civic group report is calling living conditions ‘harsh’ in California’s high-tech hotspot.