Urban Wire

Four Lessons from Minnesota Can Inform the Eviction Crisis Debate

Introduced last week, the Eviction Crisis Act proposes creating or testing interventions to help keep families in their homes.

Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety Net

Five strategies to address America’s eviction crisis

The Eviction Lab recently unveiled a new dataset compiled from court eviction filings and judgments across the US, dating back to 2000.

Housing and Housing Finance

What is the real “damaging status quo” for housing?

HUD Secretary Ben Carson views federal rental assistance as part of a “damaging status quo” that creates dependency in low-income Americans.

Housing and Housing Finance

Communities cannot wait for federal action on unsafe foreclosures

A new wave of unsafe houses called "sick homes" have exited foreclosure only to be resold to unknowing residents, harming families and communities.

Housing and Housing Finance

Creating a door out of poverty starts with partnerships

How can we act on the growing evidence base and increasing awareness about the central importance of housing?

Housing and Housing Finance

Why (and how) localities should say yes to housing

Rules and regulations in many communities create barriers that reduce the housing supply, drive up prices, and make it difficult to access stable and affordable homes.

Housing and Housing Finance

Place, race, and economic mobility

Evidence suggests that there is a connection between children’s economic future and factors that have nothing to do with individual effort, such as their parents’ income, race, and the neighborhood in which they live.