Building the Future
As the U.S. housing crisis deepens and the impact of climate change makes it harder for tenants to find safe housing options, the demand for bold …
Housing & Communities Archive
Who’s left out of the Florida insurance crisis conversation
MacKenzie Marcelin is a Florida resident and the climate justice director with Florida Rising, a grassroots organization that works with Black and brown low-income communities across …
Are premium price increases really a way to reduce climate risk exposure?
Home insurance prices are increasing in advanced economies around the world, at a rate that is making insurance unaffordable in countries such as Australia, Canada, the …
How the insurance crisis threatens affordable housing development
Brendan Mitchell and Seana O’Shaugnessy both help run non-profits focused on affordable housing preservation, development and management, though they do so from opposite sides of the …
What is insurance?
For many of us, insurance is a routine part of economic life. We insure our homes, our health, our phones, our cars, our lives. We pay …
The Insurance Crisis is a Housing Crisis
Home insurance markets in the United States are experiencing a mounting crisis. Worsening climate disasters like more intense hurricanes, wildfires, and hailstorms are making multi-billion-dollar payouts …
The Case for a Green New Deal for Public Housing
The massive backlog of deferred maintenance for public housing in the United States demands a comprehensive, holistic solution that brings every unit in the country up …
Decarbonization Without Displacement
Tenants in the United States are bearing the brunt of the housing and climate crises: egregious rent hikes, deferred maintenance in their units, growing utility debts, …
Rent Regulation and Tenant Protections in the Era of the Climate Crisis
Over 70 academics urged the Federal Housing Finance Agency to enact rent regulations and climate-responsive tenant protections on corporate landlords. The FHFA oversees Fannie Mae and …
Racial Capitalism and the City of Brotherly Love
The fight for just and resilient housing can only be understood through the political economy of racial capitalism and within the context of the intersectional crises …