The city of Clovis was found to be in violation of state housing laws.
An improbable vanguard of poor people is “reclaiming” vacant homes — forcing policymakers to rethink affordable housing strategies.
A look back at some of Capital & Main’s coverage of 2020.
Advocates hope the use of eminent domain can become a new model for generating affordable urban housing.
Clovis may be the San Joaquin Valley’s most desirable community. It’s also largely white and with very little low income housing available.
Why wasn’t an African American community group allowed to make a final bid on the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza?
Rent control polls well among Californians, but statewide and local initiatives were no match for an avalanche of real estate industry cash.
North Carolina public housing tenants seek safe housing after years of federal underfunding.
The real estate industry is a powerhouse opponent of rent control in California politics. But tenant activists are upping their electoral game.
In an eleventh hour move, Sacramento extended the statewide eviction moratorium for renters suffering COVID-related hardships.
Despite California’s epic affordable housing crisis, many state legislators from the dominant party are beholden to real estate interests.
The first of the month has come to strike terror in renters, while homeownership seems like a fantasy to the young. How did this happen?
Some neighbors support the Reclaimers with donations of food and clothing. Others are loudly opposed to their presence.
Facing a health crisis, California legislators call for a moratorium on evictions, utility shutoffs and foreclosures.
California’s economy is booming, but the state’s poorest residents are falling further and further behind.
Calvin Wongus has had no trouble finding employment in the tight labor market. But for the poorest workers like himself, the jobs have been low-paying and part-time.
Stagnant wages and increasingly unaffordable housing costs are leaving many low-income residents behind.
Los Angeles isn’t the only city considering eminent domain as a tool to ease housing woes. Some question its promise.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom calls homelessness an emergency akin to a major earthquake, but his proposals do not prevent cities from sweeping people off the streets.
Critics claim the city is not adequately enforcing a new home-sharing ordinance.