Housing for All – Housing for all is urgent and achievable

A great housing system is possible!

Across the country and around the world, great ideas ideas for housing reform have been proving themselves effective in the real world for decades. Housing for all isn’t a pipe dream; it’s an achievable goal and the way forward is clear.

Tragedies happen every day in our housing system.

In the American housing system, unthinkable tragedies happen every day. The next tragedy could be yours.

Housing for Us Podcast

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1/3 of renters move every year???

Fixer-Upper

Rental housing in the US is extremely insecure. Per data from the Census Bureau, over the past decade, between one in four and one in five renter households moved every year. The 2013 American Housing Survey (also done by the Census Bureau) found that just over 50% of renters had moved within the past 2 years. But the Census Bureau also reports that we are at “historically low” levels of renters moving. Until this most recent decade, around a third of all renter households moved every year.

We talk to Nick, our organization’s treasurer, who moved 9 or 10 times as a child (so many times he can’t remember exactly how many). He said that if his family had a quality home at a price they could afford, they would never have moved once his entire childhood.

Mitchell-Lama Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives

Cribs

The amazing story of New York State’s most successful affordable housing program!

I interview Dick, a resident of a Mitchell-Lama limited equity housing cooperative. None of my friends know what “limited equity” or “housing cooperative” mean. But don’t let vocab words scare you off! In all of New York City, Mitchell-Lamas are the best places for ordinary people to live. New Yorkers describe getting into a Mitchell-Lama “hitting the jackpot.”

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Half of our episodes will be Fixer-Upper episodes. Not everyone realizes just how desperately our housing system is in need of reform. We talk to people who have been through the worst of our housing system. Our housing system isn’t a dream home; it’s a real fixer-upper. These episodes will explore the problems that need fixing.

The other half will be Cribs episodes: our homage to MTV Cribs. But instead of hearing about the housing of the fabulously wealthy, we’ll be hearing about people who live in fabulous affordable housing programs around the world. Change can be scary, but you’ll be eager to reform our housing system when you hear from people who have benefited from these great programs!