New Group Challenges Trump-Backed Single Family Zoning In the latest of his attempts to divide the country, President Trump turned his focus to a new wedge issue: zoning. In a press conference last Thursday, Trump decried efforts to make land
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Five Steps to Creating Racially Diverse Neighborhoods “Real estate agents don’t say “House, House, House. They say “Location, Location, Location.” —Nikole Hannah-Jones In her talk with the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) last week, Pulitzer Prize winning writer Nikole
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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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