Rent Freezes: How Locking Prices Shifts the Housing Pressure
Rent freezes stabilize rents for some tenants while shifting pressure to unregulated housing and future renters. They reduce displacement in the short term but do not fix housing shortages or access constraints.
Systemic Racism, Explained: How Unequal Outcomes Are Built In
Systemic racism isn’t just about slurs or individual bigotry. It’s how laws, budgets, zoning maps, school formulas, and enforcement priorities combine to give some groups better access to wealth, safety, and health than others. This explainer breaks down what the term actually means and where it shows up in everyday systems.
How Zoning Shapes Housing Supply
Zoning controls land use, density, and building types. These decisions set the conditions for affordability, segregation, and long-term neighborhood form.
Housing Subsidies: How Funding Turns Into Actual Units
Housing subsidies move through a long chain of rules, allocations, approvals, and private decisions. Money arrives first. Housing only shows up if every link holds.