Housing & Communities Archive

To understand how the home insurance crisis is affecting households across the state, we compared price quotes for a hypothetical private insurance policy that we standardized …

The green transition is here, but tenants are at risk of being left behind. Without strong tenant protections, they could face higher rents, eviction from energy …

Every year, more people across the United States experience climate disasters, forcing them to leave their homes, lose their belongings, and be separated from jobs and …

The Homes Act, federal legislation authored by Senator Tina Smith (MN) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), would establish a housing development authority to finance, repair, and …

The only way out of our housing and climate crises is through a massive investment in housing as a public good: developing a national green social …

The polycrisis is wreaking economic insecurity, mass death and genocide, climate disasters, and other kinds of instability on working people worldwide. Progressives must put forward policies …

Hurricane season has begun in the U.S. – and is predicted to be “extraordinary.” Wildfire season has started and thousands of acres have already burned. These …

Andrew Barley is co-director of rebuild and voter engagement at West Street Recovery, a horizontally–structured and worker–directed disaster recovery nonprofıt based in Northeast Houston, Texas. Barley …

Every day, millions of Americans struggle to find housing they can afford. Climate change makes finding stable housing even more precarious for low-income renters in the …

The United States is in the throes of another devastating housing crisis. Financial institutions are accumulating risk at an alarming pace, and regulators and policymakers are …