Minnesota’s rent help website isn’t working for tenants or landlords — says someone who works with both
Peter Callaghan · MinnPost · 30 September 2021
Kelley Martin is the founder of a small housing nonprofit who also works of a for-profit property management company. Neither side of her work has had much success navigating RentHelpMN.
What’s Driving the Huge U.S. Rent Spike?
Patrick Sisson · Bloomberg CityLab · 5 October 2021
Rent increases of 20% or more are making life difficult for low-income tenants in many cities, just as eviction bans and unemployment relief are running out.
For Lucky Few, Paris Debuts Public Housing in a Pricey Landmark
Feargus O'Sullivan · Bloomberg CityLab · 25 September 2021
The 96 affordable units atop the renovated La Samaritaine department store offer world-class views in one the city’s priciest neighborhoods for about $500 a month.
How a Hot Housing Market Exacerbates Inequality
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn · Bloomberg CityLab · 22 September 2021
Homeownership is becoming even less attainable as bidding wars, cash offers and racist ideas about buyers further disadvantage people of color.
When Real Estate Agents Led the Fight Against Fair Housing
Patrick Sisson · Bloomberg CityLab · 28 September 2021
The new book Freedom to Discriminate argues that the real estate industry’s campaign to defend housing segregation still echoes in today’s politics.
Apartments Built on an Assembly Line
Candace Jackson · New York Times · 10 September 2021
A California factory cuts the cost of apartment construction by thirty percent.
As Minnesota, other states struggle to distribute rental assistance money, feds offer new guidelines (and a scolding)
Peter Callaghan · MinnPost · 3 September 2021
So far, Minnesota has distributed just 13 percent of the $375 million in federal money for rental assistance it received in December.
Homeownership, racial segregation, and policy solutions to racial wealth equity
Rashawn Ray, Andre Perry, David Harshbarger, Samantha Elizondo, and Alexandra Gibbons · Brookings · 1 September 2021
Homeownership is often viewed as the entrée to the American dream and the gateway to intergenerational wealth. The loss of wealth in Black communities hastens a downward socioeconomic spiral.
Homes for Change: Assemble’s FY21 Impact Report
Emma Telfer and others · Assemble Communities · 27 August 2021
Assemble is an Australian housing development organization dedicated to creating a better, fairer housing system. They have developed the innovative Build to Rent to Own Model – a hybrid build-to-rent model which offers stable rents, certainty of tenure, financial coaching, and community services to support low to moderate income Australians with a pathway to home ownership.
The Secret Bias Hidden in Mortgage-Approval Algorithms
Emmanuel Martinez and Lauren Kirchner · The Markup · 25 August 2021
Even accounting for factors lenders said would explain disparities, people of color are denied mortgages at significantly higher rates than white people.