Defending Exclusionary Zoning is not “Pro-Housing” What do Kimberly Adams, Alex Lee, Yasmine-Imani McMorrin and Terry Taplin have in common? All are  candidates running in local California races who support building a lot more housing in all neighborhoods. We cannot
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Black Lives Matter and Housing for All “When you look at the source of that racial inequality, you almost always end up at housing discrimination, housing segregation. Which is to say you always end up at land use, at zoning.”
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Voters Will Blame Trump I’ve seen a lot of  social media posts connecting the street protests sweeping America with Nixon’s 1968 election victory. The idea is that voters respond to instability by choosing authoritarian leaders. The fear is that Trump
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(This first appeared in Post Alley) As Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and the City Council gear up for another round of volatile hearings about the city’s response to homelessness and encampments sweeps, let’s take stock of some of the mistakes
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A Golden Age for Housing Advocacy? Last week was huge for housing. Nationally, the House- passed HEROES Act includes $100 billion for rental assistance, $11.5 billion in emergency shelter grants, and a broad, uniform eviction moratorium. Even more important, as
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(This piece first appeared in Greater Good Magazine) The coronavirus crisis inspired one millennial to contribute to her communities—and she’s not alone. It was 5 p.m. on Friday, March 13, and I could feel myself slowly beginning to unravel. As
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Housing Generates Jobs, Revenue Cities face brutal budget cuts. Layoffs, hiring freezes, and cutbacks in capital projects and ongoing services are inevitable. And with the tourist, restaurant and entertainment industries far from recovery, these revenue engines for urban America are
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Ed Note: This first appeared in Streetsblog USA Three members of Congress are pushing the feds to provide financial relief to automakers during COVID-19. That didn’t go so well 11 years ago. Three Midwestern members of Congress are pushing for
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