Episode 142: Nowhere to Live

Having a warm and comfortable home is important for health and well-being. But with rising rent prices and growing inequality, it can be tough – if not impossible – to find a place to live. Professors Rosie Tighe and Megan Hatch explain why the U.S. has such a shortage of affordable housing, how government programs help, and why they often fall short.

• Read Tighe and Hatch’s SSN brief, How Fair Housing Programs Can be Bolstered by Laws Prohibiting Source of Income Discrimination
• Check out their piece with Joseph Mead in Shelterforce, Section 8 Allowed
• Find Joseph Mead’s New York Times opinion piece on their nuisance ordinance research