The Neighborhoods We Will Not Share
Richard Rothstein · The New York Times · Jan 20, 2020
Persistent housing segregation lies at the root of many of our society’s problems. Trump wants to make it worse.
What You Need to Know About How Section 8 Really Works
Maya Miller · ProPublica · Jan 9, 2020
A guide to the Section 8 program. Learn how to apply, how to qualify for a voucher, and what it’s like to live in Section 8 housing.
How Wealthy Towns Keep People With Housing Vouchers Out
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas · The Connecticut Mirror · Jan 9, 2020
Section 8 vouchers should give low-income people the opportunity to live outside poor communities. But discriminatory landlords, exclusionary zoning and the federal government’s hands-off approach leave recipients with few places to call home.
California Is Booming. Why Are So Many Californians Unhappy?
Conor Dougherty · The New York Times · Dec 29, 2019
Fire, garbage and homelessness increasingly plague the Golden State. For all its forward-thinking companies and liberal social and environmental policies, the state has mostly put higher-value jobs and industries in expensive coastal enclaves, while pushing lower-paid workers and lower-cost housing to inland areas like the Central Valley.
Life in the 2020s: Slower Growth Will Be the New Normal
Evan Ramstad · StarTribune · Dec. 28, 2019
The accumulated effects of previous growth rates will widen the gap between slow growers like Minnesota and fast ones like Texas and California.
Interview with Economist Enrico Moretti
David A. Price · Econ Focus · 2019
Enrico Moretti, an economist at UC Berkeley, has found that the sorting of highly educated Americans into certain communities has led to other communities falling behind.
Watch 4 Decades of Inequality Drive American Cities Apart
Emily Badger and Kevin Quealy · The New York Times · December 2, 2019
The biggest metropolitan areas are now the most unequal.
Mpls Council Wants to Give Tenants Chance to Purchase Rentals
Jessica Lee · MinnPost · November 25, 2019
A group of Minneapolis city council members are developing a proposal that would require landlords who want to sell rental homes to give tenants an opportunity to buy the property.
It’s Time to End the Affordable Housing Crisis Once and For All
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar · StarTribune · Nov 22, 2019
On a single night, more than 10,000 people in Minnesota were homeless last year — the highest number ever recorded.
Latest Metropolitan Council Growth Forecast
· Metropolitan Council · Nov 2019
Regional forecast: Household growth revised downward; population growth expected to slow.