Summer 2018
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The Affordable Housing Issue
In Depth
Explore SectionFrom the Editors
A Home for Everyone
We asked readers what they wanted to see in our affordable housing issue. More than 3,000 of you responded.
You wanted to know about community solutions 鈥� how cities are stopping gentrification, taking the greed out of development, and innovating ownership and financing models. You also told us that living in community was important 鈥� that maybe Americans had lost sight of that 鈥� and that multigenerational housing was a solution that could address the needs of an aging population along with those of a new generation of adults.
This helped us decide what stories to put in the issue. Something else did, too.
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Tiny Houses Alone Can鈥檛 Solve the Housing Crisis. But Here鈥檚 What Can
People are looking beyond traditional boundaries to find housing that works for them.
Chris Winters
Just the Facts
Infographic: Why Normal People Can鈥檛 Afford a House
The U.S. is better at subsidizing wealthy people than low-income people.
Chris Winters & Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz
After Centuries of Housing Racism, a Southern City Gets Innovative
In Jackson, Mississippi, community land trusts are key to fair and affordable development.
Adam Lynch
Forget FEMA Trailers: Here鈥檚 How to House People in a Hurry
鈥淲e don鈥檛 need to wait for a hurricane to hit. We can get started with the recovery right now.鈥�
Daniel Blue Tyx
Creating Affordable Homes for Multigenerational Living
Houses for large moderate-income families are scarce. A few innovative developers are looking to change that.
Kevon Paynter
Renters Get One Step Closer to Homeownership With This Innovative Program
A Cincinnati nonprofit works to give renters a reason to stay and invest in their homes.
Shaima Shamdeen
Granny Flats Offer One Solution to Housing Affordability Crisis
These smaller homes are an easier, faster way to build more housing, but zoning restrictions have kept them illegal in many cities.
Kevon Paynter & Lornet Turnbull
To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold
The city of Buffalo is supporting its first community land trust, designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.
Lornet Turnbull
How to Protect a Renter Nation
Laws that help renters are based on the belief that housing is a right for all, not just for those who own homes.
Deonna Anderson
How the Ultrarich Can Help Fix the Affordable Housing Crisis
A growing number of people invest in real estate they never intend to occupy and push up prices for the rest of us. Cities should make them pay.
Chuck Collins
The Lost Indigenous Housing Designs
Developed over thousands of years, traditional architecture can also build climate resiliency.
Kayla DeVault
Comic: The Upside of Crowded Living
What I went through to find a place to live in the fifth most expensive city for renting.
Alexa Strabuk
A New Generation Lives a Different American Dream鈥擜nd They鈥檙e Happy
Millennials, sometimes referred to as 鈥済eneration rent,鈥� are having to get creative and find alternative housing options.
A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez
Solutions We Love
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5 Reasons Salmon Are an Environmental Justice Solution
We need wild salmon鈥攁nd not just because they鈥檙e tasty. They are an indicator of ecosystem health.
Shannan Lenke Stoll
Posting Your Hike on Instagram? Now You Can Tag Your Location鈥檚 Indigenous Name
This Native climber created indigenous geotags for more than 40 mountains.
Isabelle Morrison
Demystifying Female Anatomy with Street Art
The chalk drawings aim to educate and surprise.
Isabelle Morrison
This Artist Finds Swastikas and Transforms Them Into Cartoons
The #PaintBack Project combats the spread of racism and bigotry with art.
Isabelle Morrison
Culture Shift
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Cooking Stirs the Pot for Social Change
Preparing food鈥攁nd letting others in our communities cook for us鈥攊s how we become good citizens who engage with the communities around us.
Korsha Wilson
What Came Before #MeToo: The Himpathy That Shaped Misogyny
Kate Manne鈥檚 鈥淒own Girl鈥� describes the origins of a punitive social system that keeps women in their place by rewarding compliance and punishing resistance.
Lilian Calles Barger
Resisting the Power Structures That Keep Colonialism Alive
We must look at the roots of capitalism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and anti-Blackness to leave settler colonialism in the past.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
