Community Preference in NYC
Community preference, while politically expedient, reinforces residential segregation and doesn’t benefit the most sidelined residents in NYC.
A Few Thoughts on Filtering
Filtering to ensure affordability is important, but we can’t expect it to solve the affordability crisis on its own.
Gentrification and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
In its third season, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt brings the complexities of gentrification to a wide audience – without dumbing the conversation down.
Free-for-All: Development in Portland
All new building is not good building. Oregon should reject a new proposal that refuses to distinguish between good and bad development.
Yes In My Backyard!
Market rate development is an important tool for fighting for affordability. But have we focused on it at the expense of developing the other necessary tools?
Federal Policy and Racial Inequity (Part 2)
Fighting structural inequality requires understanding the structures of oppression themselves. Here I explore the contemporary legacy of racist housing policy – and how we can fight it.
Federal Policy and Racial Inequity (Part 1)
Fighting structural inequality requires understanding the structures of oppression themselves. Here I take a brief look at the history of redlining and restrictive covenants in federal housing policy.