Where We Live Now

Exploring the historical, political, and socioeconomic forces that shape our homes and communities.

When Natural Disasters Threaten Modernist Icons

When Natural Disasters Threaten Modernist Icons

Why Do We Keep Developing in Climate Disaster Zones?

Why Do We Keep Developing in Climate Disaster Zones?

The Transformation of Cheyenne, Wyoming

The Transformation of Cheyenne, Wyoming

What to Do With a Building That Has a Traumatic Past?

What to Do With a Building That Has a Traumatic Past?

Well-Designed Low-Income Housing Is Possible

Well-Designed Low-Income Housing Is Possible

A Michigan Bill Would Let Renters Fix Their Own Dang Apartments (and Deduct It From the Rent)

A Michigan Bill Would Let Renters Fix Their Own Dang Apartments (and Deduct It From the Rent)

Will NYC Renters Finally See the End of the Dreaded Broker’s Fee?

Will NYC Renters Finally See the End of the Dreaded Broker’s Fee?

The Man Planting Live Oaks to Save Louisiana’s Coastal Ridges

The Man Planting Live Oaks to Save Louisiana’s Coastal Ridges

How Millennials and Gen Zers Are Buying With Friends Amid Impossible Home Costs

How Millennials and Gen Zers Are Buying With Friends Amid Impossible Home Costs

Can Mercer Labs Keep the “Immersive Museum” Trend Alive?

Can Mercer Labs Keep the “Immersive Museum” Trend Alive?

An Organization Is Using History to Rehab Public Housing

An Organization Is Using History to Rehab Public Housing

We’ll Never Climb Down From the Tree House

We’ll Never Climb Down From the Tree House

Hate That Vacant Lot in Your Neighborhood? Turn It Into Something Great

Hate That Vacant Lot in Your Neighborhood? Turn It Into Something Great

Campus Protests Are Revealing the Precarity of Student Housing

Campus Protests Are Revealing the Precarity of Student Housing

30 Families Wanted to Build a Home Together. Two Architects Tell Us How They Made It Happen

30 Families Wanted to Build a Home Together. Two Architects Tell Us How They Made It Happen

They Didn’t Just Want to Build a Housing Shelter. They Wanted to Shift Public Perception

They Didn’t Just Want to Build a Housing Shelter. They Wanted to Shift Public Perception

How to Keep New York’s Floating Swimming Pool From Being an Island for the Rich

How to Keep New York’s Floating Swimming Pool From Being an Island for the Rich

The Year Shared Housing Got a Rebrand

The Year Shared Housing Got a Rebrand

Where Do Affordable Housing Experts Think the U.S. Crisis Goes From Here?

Where Do Affordable Housing Experts Think the U.S. Crisis Goes From Here?

A Nonprofit Development in Arizona Offers a Model for Affordable Home Ownership

A Nonprofit Development in Arizona Offers a Model for Affordable Home Ownership

This Housing Center Provides Sanctuary for Starting Over

This Housing Center Provides Sanctuary for Starting Over

Who Owns Frank Lloyd Wright’s Legacy? It’s Complicated

Who Owns Frank Lloyd Wright’s Legacy? It’s Complicated

Free Housing for Educators Benefits Teachers as Well as Families

Free Housing for Educators Benefits Teachers as Well as Families

New York’s Favorite Sculpture Park Is Getting a Massive Renovation—With a Focus on Accessibility

New York’s Favorite Sculpture Park Is Getting a Massive Renovation—With a Focus on Accessibility

A Controversial Investment Tool Is Devastating Homeowners

A Controversial Investment Tool Is Devastating Homeowners

Predatory Real Estate Investors Are Reportedly Already Eyeing Maui

Predatory Real Estate Investors Are Reportedly Already Eyeing Maui

Are Private Partnerships the Best Way to Rebuild Public Housing?

Are Private Partnerships the Best Way to Rebuild Public Housing?

A Lawsuit Over Property Tax Assessments Reveals the Perils of Contracting Out Tech

A Lawsuit Over Property Tax Assessments Reveals the Perils of Contracting Out Tech

How Feasible Is It to Turn Office Buildings Into Apartments?

How Feasible Is It to Turn Office Buildings Into Apartments?

Workers at Snøhetta Vote Against Unionizing

Workers at Snøhetta Vote Against Unionizing

Is the Future of Refugee Housing Permanence?

Is the Future of Refugee Housing Permanence?

Swimply, and the Public/Private Pool Divide

Swimply, and the Public/Private Pool Divide

The Wiyot Tribe Is Getting Its Land Back and Making California More Affordable

The Wiyot Tribe Is Getting Its Land Back and Making California More Affordable

What Happened to the World Cup Shipping Container Hotels?

What Happened to the World Cup Shipping Container Hotels?

How to Sell a City

How to Sell a City

A New Generation of Politicians Is Showing That When It Comes to Housing, the Personal Is Political

A New Generation of Politicians Is Showing That When It Comes to Housing, the Personal Is Political

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