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Views on how to deal with the homeless encampments that have cropped up across California in recent years, such as this one in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, in June 2021, don’t fall neatly along party lines. Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images

Local elections are less partisan because voters will cross party lines when issues hit close to home

4 in 10 voters would back a candidate from the opposing party for local office if that politician shared their views on homelessness and housing, according to survey data from California.
The Arlington Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Va., seen in 2015, developed an affordable housing project on its property. Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Affordable housing in God’s backyard: Some religious congregations find a new use for their space

Many houses of worship no longer need as much space as they once did, or struggle to keep up with the bills. For some, redevelopment to include housing provides a new way to live out their mission.
More than half of Detroiters rent Detroit’s aging housing stock. Suzanne Tucker/Getty I,ages

Detroit’s legacy of housing inequity has caused long‑term health impacts − these policies can help mitigate that harm

Historical housing discrimination in Detroit persists today and causes disparities in health outcomes. Policies are making a difference, but more needs to be done.
Housing activists demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on April 22, 2024. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Supreme Court rules cities can ban homeless people from sleeping outdoors – Sotomayor dissent summarizes opinion as ‘stay awake or be arrested’

In a major homelessness ruling, the Supreme Court holds that cities and municipalities can punish people for sleeping outside, even when they have nowhere else to go.
Rooftop construction at a high-rise building undergoing conversion to apartments in Manhattan’s financial district in New York City, April 11, 2023. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

Cities with empty commercial space and housing shortages are converting office buildings into apartments – here’s what they’re learning

Turning excess office space into apartments isn’t a panacea for the housing shortage, but it’s producing thousands of new units yearly and is more sustainable and economical than new construction.

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