The January 2023 and November 2022 issues of Justice & Advocacy news provide an overview of current housing crisis and what are the major factors that contribute to the crisis. Here are a few references for additional reading; and look for updates here this winter and spring.
Inequality
- A Rising Tide Drowns Unstable Boats: How Inequality Creates Homelessness (AAPSS April 2, 2021)
- Exposing the impact of social inequality (Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson)
- The Growing Divide (Charts: United for a Fair Economy)
Federal/State Housing Programs
- The Waiting Game (Spotlight PA, Jan. 23, 2023) Thousands of Pa. homeowners feel stuck in a high-stakes game of telephone — with their homes and vital utilities on the line — as they try to get help from a state relief program.
- How Pennsylvania homeowners can apply for mortgage and utility assistance (Spotlight PA, Jan. 26, 2023)
- All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness (USICH: Dec. 19, 2022)
- The Biden administration plans to expand protections for renters (NPR: January 29, 2023)
- To Live Peaceably Together: The American Friends Service Committee’s Campaign for Open Housing
(Friends Journal: book review, September 1, 2022)
The Color of Inequality
- The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap, by Mehrsa Baradaran (2019)
- Household Net Worth by Race and Hispanic Origin: 1989 to 2019 (Federal Reserve Board)