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.
Cities are finally starting to build more housing — but not for people with kids.
Time to approach your landlord or consider a window unit heat pump.
Yes, assistance programs help. But there’s one unsung factor that moved the needle: better customer service
People living in tents has become one of the most urgent issues in American politics.
There’s a big sign that San Francisco may be making a comeback.
“Housing first” works, but it takes money, commitment, and, well, housing.
Lawmakers say it’s needed even if it doesn’t fix the housing supply shortage.
Rethinking old ideas about what we eat, where we live and work, and how we power our communities.
Here’s how to fix them — and what’s getting in the way.
YIMBYism for migrant policy.
It’s becoming harder for buyers and renters to afford housing with steep mortgage rates and ultra-high prices.
Adam Neumann burned billions. Now investors are giving him more money.
States are remembering that they can own housing, too.
Biden gets the blowback. But bad local decisions have helped drive prices of housing, energy, and everything else higher.
80 percent of young adults still live within 100 miles of where they spent their teenage years.
Pandemic rental assistance upended conventional wisdom on housing. What happens when it runs out?
LGBTQ Americans finally won Fair Housing Act protections. Here’s how they’re working.
It’s all about the energy bills.
The pandemic has only accelerated a decline in US birth rates, even as immigration has plummeted.
From climate change to political polarization, remote work could change it all — even for in-person workers.
A new study finds that property managers in Chicago, Los Angeles, Louisville, Houston, and Providence are least likely to answer prospective Black and Hispanic tenants.
Rent control won’t fix the housing crisis. It’s still a good idea.
Home prices have skyrocketed, and the White House’s plan will do basically nothing to stop it.
New analysis shows that landlords were able to defer costs during Covid-19 to remain in a good financial position, at least in the short term.
iBuyers want to be the Amazon of real estate. What does that mean for the rest of us?
Build Back Better doesn’t build enough.
Realtor? Check. Appraiser? Check. Ghostbuster? Check.
Gov. Newsom signed bills ending single-family-only zoning, a step toward addressing the housing crisis.
A new poll shows people are fed up with housing costs. And they want to build more housing.
The new multifamily buildings in your neighborhood actually slow displacement.
The worst problems are in the neighborhoods that aren’t gentrifying.
The Biden administration wants $40 billion for public housing. Is that enough?