Wealthy Enclaves Belatedly Rebelling Against Supersized Houses
Many of the wealthy have taken to recoiling against hypertrophied houses, although they don’t ‘splain why very well.
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Targeting Corporate Landlords, Biden to Unveil National Rent Control Plan
Rent has become unaffordable in many US cities. But Biden makes a gesture about it only when his campaign is floundering.
Read more...A National Cartel Fixing Rental Housing Prices: The Scandal Continues to Grow
The company at the heart of the rapacious conspiracy finally makes a statement following FBI raid in Atlanta and increasingly incriminating and devastating details.
Read more...Affordable Home Ownership Can Lead to Stronger Marital Relationships and Higher Birthrates
Quelle surprise! High home purchase costs are denting household formation and thus birthrates. But will policymakers do anything?
Read more...Land Grabs Squeeze Rural Poor Worldwide
Under the radar, investment funds have been buying farm land in poor countries, leading to substantial price rises.
Read more...Corporate Landlords’ Profits Soar as Tenants Drown in Rent Hikes and Fees
Cheerleading about a flat CPI ignores the housing, with tenants generally and the ones with corporate landlords not getting relief
Read more...New York Cannabis Program Becomes Field Day for Private Equity Exploitation, Including Predatory Loans, Overpriced Leases to Store Owners
Staffers red-flagged inflated costs and default risks for startup cannabis retailers —to be ignored by officials keen to get money flowing
Read more...Housing, Not Handcuffs
US policy towards the homeless becomes ever more mean-spirited, apparently to justify not dealing with the problem of unaffordable housing.
Read more...US Affordable Housing Policy Works for Wall Street and Rich Developers, Not Renters
Current policy doesn’t provide affordable housing very well but does a good job of lining the pockets of real estate interests.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Rich Are Different!
A discussion of how the rich got to be that way and why their justifications for their advantaged status don’t stand up to much scrutiny.
Read more...Book Review: “On the Move” Is a Must-Read Account of U.S. Climate Migration
Climate migration is here, even in rich countries like the US, and set to accelerate.
Read more...Mortgage Rates over 7% and Heading Higher, Housing Market Still Frozen, Lots of Buyers on Strike as Prices Still Too High
The US housing market is stalled, yet Biden fans insist that, economy-wise, we live in the best of all possible worlds.
Read more...Criminalizing the Unhoused Is Inherently Cruel
Fining, arresting, and jailing people for a lack of housing is never the solution—and compounds existing housing inequities.
Read more...Young People Finally Starting to Recognize the Super Rich and Not Oldsters Are the Problem
As the rich become both richer and better bunkered, the young are finally realizing that wealth disparity is a big part of what ails them.
Read more...5 Things to Know About the Global Land Rush and How to Stop It
A recent conference in Colombia assessed the extent of land grabs and how to organize against them.
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