We are on the precipice of a historic election in New York City. As we head to the ballot box to deliver a likely democratic ...

With the nation in the midst of a seemingly intractable affordable housing crisis, new possibilities are becoming visible. Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed a number of policies to make homes ...

Conversations about social housing often become polarized around examples with widely differing outcomes: robust and fully funded social housing in places like Vienna, Austria, or on the other hand, ...

Ballots for Seattle's special election went out last month and are due back by Feb. 14. There is only one issue on the ballot: Initiative 135 — social housing. For an adequate conversation about ...

Chicago could set a national example with its social housing program, included in the bond issue approved on April 19. Credit: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Whether it was testimony from a who ...

The opening scenes of the award-winning Brazilian film "City of God" (2002) portray a newly constructed housing complex situated on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Subsequently, this complex evolves ...

Nigel de Noronha does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

A new report describes the path to social housing in New York through 20 policy proposals, from overhauling the property tax code and abolishing the city’s tax lien sale to cracking down on landlord ...

An artist’s rendering of a proposed six-storey building at 441 East Pender St. that would feature 65 “micro-dwelling” social housing units. Image courtesy City of Vancouver report Vancouver city ...

Seattle has a new public development authority, and it has a big mission: improving access to affordable housing. The authority’s board will develop, acquire, and maintain public, affordable units ...

York holds one of the country’s richest concentrations of historic almshouses and shows how centuries of philanthropy and ...