Reconsidering Public Housing in America
The National Public Housing Museum is pluralizing the program's mythic narrative.
What Would a Proposed Development Mean for Chicago’s Southeast Side?
A developer promises green jobs, but residents are skeptical.
Urban Renewal Today
Tracing the past, present, and future of housing development and displacement in Detroit.
How to Buy a House in Milwaukee
Is homeownership the answer to Milwaukee’s affordable housing crisis? It’s complicated.
Envisioning a Progressive Future for Lima, Ohio
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.”
The Best of Belt Magazine 2020
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Following the Yellowlined Road
Yellowlining—the lesser cousin of federal-government redlining—was a discriminatory force that historians and economists have only begun to explore.
What Happens After Coronavirus?
Moratoriums on evictions, utility shut-offs now are necessary, but policymakers should also plan for the post-coronavirus fallout.
Development in Black and White
An interview with Jason Hackworth, author of "Manufacturing Decline: How Racism and the Conservative Movement Crush the American Rust Belt."
The Best of Belt Magazine 2019
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
Inside the St. Louis Rent Strike of 1969
“It touched everybody all over the country who lived in public housing.” [From "The St. Louis Anthology"]
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Affordable Housing Project
American System-Built Homes in Chicago (and elsewhere).