Public Housing

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

• By Nathan Collins

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.”

• By Marcelo Rochabrun

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

• By Marian Wang

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.

• By Jake Blumgart

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.

• By Rachel Cohen