California’s Reckless Supreme Court Gambit
The state should help local governments develop reasonable short-term plans to alleviate the problem while they focus on developing the massive number of affordable housing units needed for a long-term…
Our Housing Crisis Is Literally Killing People
Amid unimaginable tragedy, we must recognize the failure of a society that refuses to provide safe and secure housing for every single person.
US Home Insurers Are Leaving Climate Risk Areas. We Need Affordable Housing Now
When the US housing crisis meets the looming insurance crisis, only government intervention will avert catastrophe
L.A. Promised to Preserve Low-Cost Housing. These Tenants’ Homes Were Turned Into Hotel Rooms Anyway.
When the American Hotel converted into a tourist hotel, its long-term residents lost not just their affordable housing but the creative community that long thrived in the iconic building.
55 Years After the Launch of the Poor People’s Campaign, Taking Stock of Interlocking Injustices
New fact sheets by the Poor People’s Campaign and the Institute for Policy Studies reveal disturbing data on systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism in every U.S.…
The Death Penalty for Homelessness
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch You can measure the depth of a civilization by how it treats its poor, very young, elderly and mentally ill. By any such metric, ours…
Earthquake Leaves Millions Homeless and Without Water and Electricity in Turkish, Syrian Harsh Winter, Many Facing Death
By Juan Cole / Informed Consent Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Jordanian newspaper al-Ghad reports that on top of the now nearly 30,000 known deaths in Turkey and Syria,…
The Fading of Washington’s Global Dreams and the Coming of a New World
Alfred McCoy suggests what a United States that remains a significant regional power might do in its own hemisphere to come to grips with the decline of our own country,…
Liz Theoharis: The Sleeping Giant of American Life
At a grassroots level, those disturbed by a changing America might begin to respond and create a new kind of democracy.
How Houston Halved Homelessness—and What California Can Learn From It
Houston, like California, follows the Housing First model, but Texas’s most populous city has a vast supply of low-cost homes.
NYC Advocates Fear More Police Violence, Homeless Criminalization Amid Forced Hospitalizations
New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a directive this week that puts police at the center of renewed efforts to remove people exhibiting signs of mental illness from public…
Media Narratives Shield Landlords From a Crisis of Their Own Making
As more people face the life-altering prospect of dislocation, establishment outlets have decided that landlords are the real victims.
Les Miserables, Living and Dying on American Streets
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch Statistics lie. Some lie more than others. The ones regarding unemployment lie brazenly and have done so for years, erasing the very existence of the…
Organizers Don’t Care That 2028 Olympics Could Be on Fire
In the face of climate catastrophe, the 2028 Olympics steam ahead unconcerned that they are making the crisis in Los Angeles County worse.
America’s Homelessness Crisis Is About to Get So Much Worse
The looming eviction crisis could precipitate the worst housing and homelessness disaster in American history.