This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 recession, most homeowners are on their way toward a recovery. This is thanks, in part, to federal loss mitigation policies to help homeowners keep their homes. But data indicate some homeowners…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across Los Angeles, tens of thousands of empty lots sit vacant. They’ve been there since the Watts Riots of 1965, and have become dumping grounds for trash, makeshift tent sites for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, homelessness took on a greater priority in communities across the nation. Driven by the economic impacts of the pandemic, the federal government stepped…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated housing challenges long predating the pandemic, suggesting we can expect another housing crisis for homeowners, renters, and rental property owners. Recent data and past crises indicate that people…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate resilience has emerged as a key priority for the Biden administration. President Joe Biden has announced an ambitious goal to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in half by 2030,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The New York City Council voted to pass a bill on Wednesday that will address the Big Apple’s biggest source of planet-warming emissions: the fossil fuels burned in its buildings.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many American suburbs have relied on exclusionary zoning and land-use policies that prevent and slow development with the explicit goal of excluding low-income people of color. In effect, this hoards opportunity by limiting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Santra Denis returned from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November with a clear reminder of how women worldwide are more similar than they are different. Denis attended…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population in the United States has increased significantly in the last 40 years, from 3.6 million in 1980 to 18.8 million in 2019. And since…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a national emergency order halting evictions for renters facing economic hardship through the end of the year. The order temporarily…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Homelessness is significant everywhere, though in Minnesota, it’s often a hidden phenomenon. Sometimes it looks like people sleeping in cars, ice houses, storage units, or other places unfit or unsafe…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Cyclone Yaas slammed into her home in southwest Bangladesh in May, destroying it and sweeping away in the floodwaters the small amount of cash she had saved, Amina Begum…