Housing
Vox’s coverage of housing policy: exploring questions about why it’s so expensive to rent or buy homes in America, how we can help prevent homelessness, what gentrification means, and more.
Detroit may put the land-value tax to the test
And a new way to understand cities’ response to tent encampments.
Charting America’s homeownership problem.
How the small structures have ignited hopes and fears for those living outside.
A decision five years ago transformed homelessness policy. Now the justices could overrule it.
If a city can’t provide desirable housing, some advocates urge leaving people in tent encampments alone.
Would money help tenants more than housing vouchers?
One of the biggest changes in state politics in years, explained.
It could have near-term impacts for buyers and sellers.
How homeless people in California lost their homes, and how they cope.
There’s more to the housing affordability crisis than Airbnb.
Homelessness nearly lost her the election. Now she’s trying to fix it.
Why some cities are restricting landlords’ reviews of criminal history.
Is there a right to sleep outside?
Landlords can kick renters out of housing for basically any reason. “Good cause” laws would change that.
Cities are finally starting to build more housing — but not for people with kids.
Time to approach your landlord or consider a window unit heat pump.
Yes, assistance programs help. But there’s one unsung factor that moved the needle: better customer service
People living in tents has become one of the most urgent issues in American politics.
There’s a big sign that San Francisco may be making a comeback.
“Housing first” works, but it takes money, commitment, and, well, housing.
Lawmakers say it’s needed even if it doesn’t fix the housing supply shortage.
Rethinking old ideas about what we eat, where we live and work, and how we power our communities.
Here’s how to fix them — and what’s getting in the way.
YIMBYism for migrant policy.
It’s becoming harder for buyers and renters to afford housing with steep mortgage rates and ultra-high prices.
Adam Neumann burned billions. Now investors are giving him more money.
States are remembering that they can own housing, too.
Biden gets the blowback. But bad local decisions have helped drive prices of housing, energy, and everything else higher.
80 percent of young adults still live within 100 miles of where they spent their teenage years.
Pandemic rental assistance upended conventional wisdom on housing. What happens when it runs out?
LGBTQ Americans finally won Fair Housing Act protections. Here’s how they’re working.
It’s all about the energy bills.
The pandemic has only accelerated a decline in US birth rates, even as immigration has plummeted.
From climate change to political polarization, remote work could change it all — even for in-person workers.
A new study finds that property managers in Chicago, Los Angeles, Louisville, Houston, and Providence are least likely to answer prospective Black and Hispanic tenants.
Rent control won’t fix the housing crisis. It’s still a good idea.
Home prices have skyrocketed, and the White House’s plan will do basically nothing to stop it.
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