To improve conditions and lower prices, tenants should start withholding rent.

Rather than implement major policy change, Democratic donors are giving away some cash.

The president may have found himself a pithy campaign platform, but his proposals will all need congressional approval to become reality.

Half of all renters pay more than they can afford, and “Build, baby, build” doesn’t seem to be helping.

Rather than litigate everyone’s perception of the economy, President Biden should pick some big fights with the crooks who are holding back the boom.

Indoor air pollution should be a tenants’ rights matter, not a culture war among well-off homeowners.

Rents in New York City and around the country are at record levels. Is this forever?

Climate resilience efforts tend to focus on homeowners, but tenants are much more vulnerable.

As landlords refuse federal pandemic rental assistance, some places are simply cutting them out of the process.

The latest federal policy, like its predecessors, was written with holes big enough for many housing-insecure renters to fall through. These are the stories from the mess.

As Covid relief programs are set to expire this fall, millions of people are newly facing eviction and mounting debts. Why pretend the pandemic is over?

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

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.

A teen gives up her college savings to pay her mother’s back rent. A student uses his lunch money to help pay down his classmate’s debt. Let’s stop pretending these stories are heartwarming.

The co-working company may have been doomed from the start. That didn’t matter.

“What really worries me is what’s gonna happen next year. I may find more income sources; I may not.”

Cancel the rent. Tax the rich. Health care for all. People tend to like simple policy that does what it says it will.

In the face of compounding crises, tenants and housing organizers see an opportunity to pry open the real estate industry’s grip on our cities.

“We’re not asking for handouts. We’re asking for genuine human compassion during this time.”

Out of work and with little savings, millions of tenants are already part of a movement. They just don’t know it yet.