A New Theory on San Francisco’s Inequality Problem
A graduate student is giving French economist Thomas Piketty a run for his money while re-imagining the worst culprit of inequality.
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Millennial Dreams: Housing, Education, Jump Rope, and Tattoos
In every issue, we fix our gaze on an everyday photograph and chase down facts about details in the frame.
The Geography of Queer Folks
Where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other queer folks live and move has long been of interest to some researchers.
Home Sweet Shipping Container
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to print and digital magazine subscribers.
A Personalized Tweak Helps Homelessness Programs Work Even Better
Over the last two decades, North American cities have been giving homeless people a place to live before any other treatment. The programs mostly work, but now researchers are seeking improvements.
Will Handing Public Housing Projects to Private Developers Hurt the Poor?
The government has called the new Rental Assistance Demonstration program the "answer" to housing woes, but there's very little evidence to support that case.
Affordable Housing: Geography of Supply and Demand
The geography of housing demand is a lot more nimble than the geography of housing supply.
Illusion of Local: Why Zoning for Greater Density Will Fail to Make Housing More Affordable
We keep fudging the facts in order to maintain the preferred narrative.
Quality of Place and Migration
People vote with their feet. The regions with the best retention should be the regions with the best quality of place.