housing instability

17 posts

Military expansion on Guam sucks up housing resources as Indigenous residents struggle

About 5,000 Marines are expected to move onto the unincorporated U.S. territory in the coming years, which experts and advocates say is driving up the cost of housing

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4 Min
By: Phillip V. Cruz, Jr.

Unhoused children suffer the worst health consequences of poor water access

Every morning across the U.S., families start their day with a pee and a shower, coffee made with water from the kitchen tap, and a diaper change if there’s a baby in the house. Most Americans take for granted the easy ritual of these quotidian tasks as they

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10 Min
By: Lela Nargi

Supreme Court rules that bans on public encampments are permissible and do not violate Eighth Amendment protections

The Supreme Court on Friday, June 28, ruled on what many consider to be one of the most significant cases involving the rights of those experiencing homelessness in recent decades. In City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that cities have the right

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4 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

The Homecoming Project creates safe reentry for incarcerated people

Impact Justice’s project fills the material and support gaps the state leaves for incarcerated people as they adjust to life outside

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14 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Advocates in Albany say the city is waging war on poor people

The Albany City Council is being criticized for discouraging helping panhandlers and enforcing loitering laws

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5 Min
By: Eddie Velazquez

LA emergency storm response system doesn’t do enough to consider unhoused residents

Organizers say the current system for emergencies operates too slowly to support unhoused Angelenos

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5 Min
By: Lisa Kwon

Disabled people of color continue to fight for accessible housing

Housing insecurity compounds intersecting marginalizations for disabled people of color. Affordable, comprehensively accessible housing can help

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8 Min
By: Bianca Gonzalez

Artists across the country grapple with an unforgiving housing market

Housing access and stability are foundational to the creative process, and artists are organizing to support each others’ needs

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7 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

New York City landlords benefit when renters don’t know their rights

In a housing crisis created by the unmitigated greed of corporate property owners and landlords, tenants need to know their rights

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5 Min
By: Jenika McCrayer

Tenants unions harness collective action to fight rent debt

Millions of households in the U.S. are at risk for eviction, all while landlords continue to line their pockets with tenants’ labor and exploitation

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4 Min
By: Leonardo Vilchis-Zarate

Oakland’s ‘Cob on Wood’ still at risk of further evictions

The City of Oakland has yet to follow through on their promise to build alternative shelter for residents of Oakland’s largest houseless encampment

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

NYC policy to hospitalize houseless people criminalizes poverty

Care workers with the power to enforce Mayor Adams’ policy must commit to non-compliance and fight for housing and material support for houseless people

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6 Min
By: Mon M, Stefanie Lyn Kaufman Mthimkhulu

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