Reconsidering Public Housing in America
The National Public Housing Museum is pluralizing the program's mythic narrative.
The National Public Housing Museum is pluralizing the program's mythic narrative.
A developer promises green jobs, but residents are skeptical.
Tracing the past, present, and future of housing development and displacement in Detroit.
Is homeownership the answer to Milwaukee’s affordable housing crisis? It’s complicated.
Lima’s current mayor is retiring after thirty-two years. Sharetta Smith, his current chief of staff, says “it’s time for the next generation to lead.”
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Yellowlining—the lesser cousin of federal-government redlining—was a discriminatory force that historians and economists have only begun to explore.
Moratoriums on evictions, utility shut-offs now are necessary, but policymakers should also plan for the post-coronavirus fallout.
An interview with Jason Hackworth, author of "Manufacturing Decline: How Racism and the Conservative Movement Crush the American Rust Belt."
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
“It touched everybody all over the country who lived in public housing.” [From "The St. Louis Anthology"]
American System-Built Homes in Chicago (and elsewhere).