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Rent Sucks Week
April 2, 2021
Tracy Rosenthal
The Enduring Fiction of Affordable Housing
These public-private partnerships skate by on their complexity and branding, but they undermine a future where housing is a right.
April 1, 2021
Kiran Misra
Mass Incarceration Draws Its Own Maps and Creates a Country in Its Image
Prison gerrymandering, in which incarcerated people are designated as residents of the areas where a prison or jail is located, is a system of strategic disenfranchisement.
April 1, 2021
Marie Solis
The Eternal Quest for the Unicorn Apartment
Why we gawk at stories about rent-controlled apartments, and how the basics—a secure, affordable roof over one’s head—became the stuff of fantasy
March 30, 2021
Chris Moody
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Living Nowhere
As more people are giving up traditional addresses for life on the road, some find themselves wondering if they escaped the grind or just found a new one.
March 30, 2021
Zito Madu
Living Through Detroit’s Perpetual Housing Crisis
The story of my block is the story of Detroit, a majority Black city where so many Black residents still find it nearly impossible to get by.
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