Moving from place-to-place is personally stressful and results in time lost from jobs, compounding the problem of unemployment and high rents. Students who have moved more than three times over a period of… Read More
Even if it is not yet time to come in out of the cold of COVID-19, or go out into the cold, I am feeling a bit more optimistic. The pandemic has… Read More
Among the households earning less than $15,000 a year in 2018, nearly three-quarters were spending more than half of their incomes on rent. Even a household with above-average income is considered overextended if… Read More
I was tempted to number this post because there will be many posts on Zoning. Zoning is the #1 reason why we don’t have low-cost housingShelterforce began in 1975 as a “how-to” publication… Read More
Every year, the USDA publishes the average land values for farm real estate. The statistics are broken down into types of land—pasture, cropland, irrigated/non-irrigated, land and buildings. The attached copy of the… Read More
Separated by Design: How Some of America’s Richest Towns Fight Affordable Housing” is an article on the zoning conflicts in southwestern Connecticut. Southwestern Connecticut abuts New York City and is home to… Read More