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2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon speaks at a rally for universal rent control in New York City.

Economics

Rent Control Passed in Oregon. Will It Work as a Housing-Crisis Solution Nationwide?

If rent-control measures pass in all of the states and cities where they're currently on the table, nearly a third of all renter households in the United States could secure relief.

Sophie Kasakove

Residents walk past one of the few remaining Chicago Housing Authority Cabrini-Green public housing buildings January 12th, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois.

Social Justice

A Major Chicago Public-Housing Lawsuit Is Wrapping Up. The Segregation It Fought Against Lives on.

Over 50 years after the "Gautreaux" case began, the city's neighborhoods remain divided along racial lines.

Sophie Kasakove

News in Brief

Even Smokers Living in Public Housing Support Smoking Bans

They might be hoping to quit soon, and they have a civic spirit about common indoor areas. By…

Pacific Standard Staff

Social Justice

Green Buildings Improve Health In Public Housing

Public housing is generally not good for your health, but newly renovated, environmentally friendly buildings could change that.

Nathan Collins

Social Justice

David Simon on His New HBO Miniseries, ‘Show Me a Hero’

The Wire creator and former Baltimore Sun reporter talks about a historic public housing fight, race, and what makes white people go “batshit, batshit crazy.”

Marcelo Rochabrun

News in Brief

The Many Failures of the New York City Housing Authority

The country’s largest public housing agency says it’s made major progress responding to residents’ requests for repairs. Residents tell a different story.

Marian Wang

Economics

In Defense of Rent Control

Rent control has long been criticized by economists, but the list of theoretical harms often aren't observable in reality. With a lack of serious public housing funding, the policy may be one of the best, and cheapest, ways to protect low-income families.

Jake Blumgart

News in Brief

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.

Rachel Cohen