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color stock photo of a Black man in a wheelchair wearing brown pants and a white and brown striped button-down. he moves down the hallway towards the camera and looks to his right out the hallway window
Posted inPolitics & Democracy

Disabled people of color continue to fight for accessible housing

by Bianca Gonzalez July 26th, 2023July 27th, 2023

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

color photograph of an indoor protest for tenants' rights. people hold up posters of new york city mayor eric adam along with slogans like "roll back our rents"
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

NYC tenants’ rights concerns grow as city approves rent increases

by Sana Khan July 24th, 2023July 24th, 2023
color photograph of an indoor art exhibit. large paintings are hung on a white wall. the paintings use vivid reds and darker shades of greens and blues to contrast with the black people wearing blue ski masks depicted in the centers. a black woman wearing a jean jacket sits at a small table in front of the artwork as people walk by
Posted inRace

Artists across the country grapple with an unforgiving housing market

by Alexandra Martinez July 7th, 2023July 6th, 2023
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

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

by Jenika McCrayer June 20th, 2023June 22nd, 2023
digital collage with a yellow background. on the bottom left, three people holding "No Evictions" signs stand on the right side, a black-and-white cutout of a photograph of a Latinx man looks directly at the camera. diagonally down from the top left corner is a dotted black line with "renters' debt" curving along the loop
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Tenants unions harness collective action to fight rent debt

by Leonardo Vilchis-Zarate May 18th, 2023May 18th, 2023
color photograph of masked protesters holding a large dark green cloth banner with yellow sans serif text reading: "exigimos renta abajo precio! we need affordable rents! rena"
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Tenants across the country fight for rent control and reductions amid growing housing crisis

by Alexandra Martinez December 15th, 2022December 15th, 2022
a photograph of a crowd of protesters facing to the right of the camera. they hold signs saying "shut them down" and "people over profits"
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Brooklyn housing advocates sustain models of care beyond displacement

by Frances Nguyen November 9th, 2022May 8th, 2023
a houseless man lies on the ground outside the window for the Homeless Help Desk
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

As the housing crisis worsens, cities experiment with eviction prevention strategies

by Roshan Abraham August 19th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
a Black couple sits at a table with a laptop, calculator, and papers spread out. they look stressed while their kids sit on the couch in the background
Posted inEconomy & Workers' Rights

Looming recession will hit marginalized people the hardest, experts say

by Sakshi Udavant June 13th, 2022November 10th, 2022
Posted inRace

The program to deliver COVID-19 tests leaves out the houseless and multi-generational households

by Alexandra Martinez January 26th, 2022January 23rd, 2023

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