Tag: Housing

  • Decommodifying Housing and Ensuring Economic Stability Outside Homeownership

    Housing is more than just a roof over one’s head, it is a foundation for stability, health, and community. In America, housing has also become a primary vehicle for wealth accumulation. For decades, policies have encouraged homeownership as the path to prosperity, entangling the basic human need for shelter with speculative investment. This essay aims…

  • Challenges and Solutions for Housing Affordability in Urban America

    Mankind has sought shelter since the dawn of time. As the human species continue growing in numbers and cultural variety, the fight for this basic need has intensified. Housing serves as an economic, social, and political barometer of a country’s growth and well-being (Austin, Gurran, & Whitehead, 2014). On the economic front, housing investment aids…