First Evergrande, and now Country Garden: Massive Chinese developers are beginning to buckle under the pressure of 7 billion square feet of unsold homes. In the last 40 years, the country’s robust real estate market has been lauded for propelling C...
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First Evergrande, and now Country Garden: Massive Chinese developers are beginning to buckle under the pressure of 7 billion square feet of unsold homes. In the last 40 years, the country’s robust real estate market has been lauded for propelling C...
The Brown Political Review receives support from the Stone Inequality Initiative for work relating to wealth inequality in the United States. BPR maintains editorial independence over the columns and stories published. Throughout the last decade and ...
The Brown Political Review receives support from the Stone Inequality Initiative for work relating to wealth inequality in the United States. BPR maintains editorial independence over the columns and stories published. Throughout the last decade and ...
This is the second installment of Housing as a Human Right, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. Eric Hirsch is a distinguished urban sociology professor at Providence College. He spends much of his time outside of the classr...
This is the second installment of Housing as a Human Right, a BPR interview series on the housing crisis in Rhode Island. Eric Hirsch is a distinguished urban sociology professor at Providence College. He spends much of his time outside of the classr...
The sordid signs of gentrification puncture the fabric of urbanity in a variety of ways. Sometimes it’s obvious—the new luxury apartment building with a snazzy post-industrial-chic facade, a vaguely snappy name, and a café at street level offeri...
The sordid signs of gentrification puncture the fabric of urbanity in a variety of ways. Sometimes it’s obvious—the new luxury apartment building with a snazzy post-industrial-chic facade, a vaguely snappy name, and a café at street level offeri...
California has a housing problem. Homes in the state are, on average, more expensive than in almost any other state in the country. California also has the nation’s largest homeless population, a problem inexorably linked to the high cost of living...
California has a housing problem. Homes in the state are, on average, more expensive than in almost any other state in the country. California also has the nation’s largest homeless population, a problem inexorably linked to the high cost of living...
“The rats don’t run this city, we do,” New York City Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch proclaimed in an October 18 announcement. Alongside Mayor Eric Adams, Tisch revealed that starting April 1, 2023, New Yorkers will be fined if they put t...
“The rats don’t run this city, we do,” New York City Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch proclaimed in an October 18 announcement. Alongside Mayor Eric Adams, Tisch revealed that starting April 1, 2023, New Yorkers will be fined if they put t...
As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building personal wealth and improving one’s socioeconomic status, but it has become unattainable for millions of American...
As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building personal wealth and improving one’s socioeconomic status, but it has become unattainable for millions of American...
In America’s most unaffordable city, you need to earn $123 per hour to afford a median-priced single-family home. If you’re not looking to buy, you’ll need to earn at least $54 per hour to afford the average rent on a two-bedroom apartment for ...
In America’s most unaffordable city, you need to earn $123 per hour to afford a median-priced single-family home. If you’re not looking to buy, you’ll need to earn at least $54 per hour to afford the average rent on a two-bedroom apartment for ...
Centering high housing costs in the homelessness debate marks a major change from previous discourse. Conservative politicians like Texas Governor Greg Abbott often cite the need for increased mental health treatment, anti-drug programs, and job trai...
Centering high housing costs in the homelessness debate marks a major change from previous discourse. Conservative politicians like Texas Governor Greg Abbott often cite the need for increased mental health treatment, anti-drug programs, and job trai...
President Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election because of his housing plan, but it can still dramatically improve the lives of millions of Americans. One part of his plan in particular, adopted entirely from a bill written by Senator Cory Booker (...
President Joe Biden did not win the 2020 election because of his housing plan, but it can still dramatically improve the lives of millions of Americans. One part of his plan in particular, adopted entirely from a bill written by Senator Cory Booker (...
Home ownership has always characterized the American Dream. Suburban two-story houses with long driveways and perfectly manicured lawns for the kids to play on—these images surround the stereotypical images of an ideal American lifestyle in the med...
Home ownership has always characterized the American Dream. Suburban two-story houses with long driveways and perfectly manicured lawns for the kids to play on—these images surround the stereotypical images of an ideal American lifestyle in the med...
Today, as the temperatures drop in Nashville, people experiencing homelessness in the city may find themselves retiring to a jail to sleep for the night. An empty jail is currently being used as an overflow shelter for the city’s homeless pop...
Today, as the temperatures drop in Nashville, people experiencing homelessness in the city may find themselves retiring to a jail to sleep for the night. An empty jail is currently being used as an overflow shelter for the city’s homeless pop...