Housing
Vox’s coverage of housing policy: exploring questions about why it’s so expensive to rent or buy homes in America, how we can help prevent homelessness, what gentrification means, and more.
Around the country, anti-camping policies are complicating disaster recovery.
Signing a new lease often comes with high upfront costs that some renters can’t afford. It doesn’t have to be this way.
The Fed has cut interest rates. That might not immediately help home buyers waiting on the sidelines.
Factory-built housing, ADUs, and community land trusts — all at once.
The DOJ’s case about rent collusion might have huge implications for high prices.
Capping rent increases makes voters excited, but economists wary.
The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?
The Grants Pass v. Johnson decision does not spell the end to fights over tent encampments in America.
Churches, mosques, and temples could change the game on affordable housing.
A bold experiment to help tenants is advancing.
To clear tent encampments in cities, some leaders urge a focus beyond shelters.
The affordability crisis is forcing politicians’ hands.
What the National Association of Realtors settlement means for buyers and sellers.
Grants Pass v. Johnson is probably going to end badly for homeless people, but it’s not yet clear how broad the Court’s decision will be.
This week, the justices will hear the biggest case on homelessness in decades.
Grants Pass v. Johnson could make the entire criminal justice system far crueler. It also tests the limits of judicial power.
Converting malls could create hundreds of thousands of badly needed homes.
Americans used to live in multigenerational homes. We’re starting to, again.
The housing crisis is already shaping the president’s reelection campaign.
Can’t buy, won’t sell: Today’s housing market, explained.
In this house, we believe that high rents fuel nativist backlashes.
States prepare to use Medicaid for rental assistance for the first time.
Local governments are trying a new way to address the housing crisis.
An Oregon case will clarify whether officials can jail or fine homeless people for sleeping outside.
Detroit may put the land-value tax to the test
And a new way to understand cities’ response to tent encampments.
Charting America’s homeownership problem.
How the small structures have ignited hopes and fears for those living outside.
A decision five years ago transformed homelessness policy. Now the justices could overrule it.
If a city can’t provide desirable housing, some advocates urge leaving people in tent encampments alone.
Would money help tenants more than housing vouchers?
One of the biggest changes in state politics in years, explained.
It could have near-term impacts for buyers and sellers.
How homeless people in California lost their homes, and how they cope.
There’s more to the housing affordability crisis than Airbnb.
Homelessness nearly lost her the election. Now she’s trying to fix it.
Why some cities are restricting landlords’ reviews of criminal history.
Is there a right to sleep outside?
Landlords can kick renters out of housing for basically any reason. “Good cause” laws would change that.