In his all but certain presidential run, the California governor will be haunted by his noble pledge to provide permanent housing for the homeless, and his failure to give them temporary shelter.
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Posted inBooks
An Abundance of Ambiguity
Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson argue that a world of plenty awaits us if we reform zoning and environmental laws and everyone moves to San Francisco. But that can’t be the whole plan, right?
Posted inPolitics
Affordable Housing with a Union Label
Co-op City, the mammoth moderate-income Bronx housing complex, long a New York mainstay, offers lessons on what does and doesn’t work.
Posted inMagazine
Why I Can’t Afford to Live Where I Grew Up
I’m a proud daughter of Arlington, Virginia. But its land use policies are keeping homeownership out of reach for natives like me.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Biden’s Housing Plan Could Save Millions of Children’s Futures
The president and Democratic leaders want to break a key link in the chain reaction of poverty. Why are Manchin and Sinema trying to stop them?
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Trump Is Wrong: Affordable Housing Can Help the Suburbs
Studies show that socioeconomically mixed neighborhoods are more prosperous—not crime-ridden.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Can California Governor Gavin Newsom Help Solve the Housing Crisis?
If he succeeds, it could help spur similar reforms in other high-cost-of-living areas around the country.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Mnuchin: The Fox Trump Plans to Put In Charge of the Henhouse
Mnuchin’s bank foreclosed on a home over just 30 cents.
Posted inPolitical Animal
More Death to Our Hometowns
He didn’t exactly prevent the return of robber barons.
