Rates of homelessness in America have been increasing since 2016, reaching record highs in 2024. Despite declining unemployment rates post-pandemic, it has become increasingly difficult for Americans to find and maintain stable, affordable housing. F...
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Rates of homelessness in America have been increasing since 2016, reaching record highs in 2024. Despite declining unemployment rates post-pandemic, it has become increasingly difficult for Americans to find and maintain stable, affordable housing. F...
Thirty percent of all homeless people in the United States live in California, despite the state representing just under 12 percent of the nation’s population. The state’s previous policies aimed at combating homelessness—like affordable housin...
Thirty percent of all homeless people in the United States live in California, despite the state representing just under 12 percent of the nation’s population. The state’s previous policies aimed at combating homelessness—like affordable housin...
This is the second installment of Housing as a Human Right, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. Eric Hirsch is a distinguished urban sociology professor at Providence College. He spends much of his time outside of the classr...
This is the second installment of Housing as a Human Right, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. Eric Hirsch is a distinguished urban sociology professor at Providence College. He spends much of his time outside of the classr...
This is the third installment of Housing as a Human Right, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. Megan Smith is a social worker who has worked with the homeless community in Rhode Island for seventeen years. She works with Hou...
This is the third installment of Housing as a Human Right, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. Megan Smith is a social worker who has worked with the homeless community in Rhode Island for seventeen years. She works with Hou...
This is the first installment of Organizing Around Homelessness, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. K. Joseph Shekarchi has served as the Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives since January 2021 and was re-el...
This is the first installment of Organizing Around Homelessness, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. K. Joseph Shekarchi has served as the Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives since January 2021 and was re-el...
California has a housing problem. Homes in the state are, on average, more expensive than in almost any other state in the country. California also has the nation’s largest homeless population, a problem inexorably linked to the high cost of living...
California has a housing problem. Homes in the state are, on average, more expensive than in almost any other state in the country. California also has the nation’s largest homeless population, a problem inexorably linked to the high cost of living...
In America’s most unaffordable city, you need to earn $123 per hour to afford a median-priced single-family home. If you’re not looking to buy, you’ll need to earn at least $54 per hour to afford the average rent on a two-bedroom apartment for ...
In America’s most unaffordable city, you need to earn $123 per hour to afford a median-priced single-family home. If you’re not looking to buy, you’ll need to earn at least $54 per hour to afford the average rent on a two-bedroom apartment for ...
Centering high housing costs in the homelessness debate marks a major change from previous discourse. Conservative politicians like Texas Governor Greg Abbott often cite the need for increased mental health treatment, anti-drug programs, and job trai...
Centering high housing costs in the homelessness debate marks a major change from previous discourse. Conservative politicians like Texas Governor Greg Abbott often cite the need for increased mental health treatment, anti-drug programs, and job trai...
Amid calls to stay home during the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rodgers Mathebulo’s house was demolished, his belongings looted, and the small shack from which he sold fruit, sweets, and snacks flattened. Unfortunately, Mathebulo’s exper...
Amid calls to stay home during the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rodgers Mathebulo’s house was demolished, his belongings looted, and the small shack from which he sold fruit, sweets, and snacks flattened. Unfortunately, Mathebulo’s exper...
At the dawn of the foreclosure crisis in 2009, Mary Kaptur, a Democratic House representative from Ohio, shocked the nation from the House floor by urging, “So I say to the American people, you be squatters in your own homes. Don’t you leave....
At the dawn of the foreclosure crisis in 2009, Mary Kaptur, a Democratic House representative from Ohio, shocked the nation from the House floor by urging, “So I say to the American people, you be squatters in your own homes. Don’t you leave....
California’s housing crisis is well-documented. Palo Alto, home to Stanford, offers subsidized housing assistance for any household with an annual income of less than $250,000. In the Bay Area, even doctors and lawyers are struggling to afford ...
California’s housing crisis is well-documented. Palo Alto, home to Stanford, offers subsidized housing assistance for any household with an annual income of less than $250,000. In the Bay Area, even doctors and lawyers are struggling to afford ...
Across major American cities, residents are facing the high costs of a growing housing crisis. While zoning regulations and affordable housing have typically been hailed as ways to preserve neighborhoods while providing opportunities for low-income f...
Across major American cities, residents are facing the high costs of a growing housing crisis. While zoning regulations and affordable housing have typically been hailed as ways to preserve neighborhoods while providing opportunities for low-income f...