Our "Homes or Cash Cows" series continues. This week, we explore patterns and policies behind housing speculation.
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An illustration from “Gambling with Homes, or Investing in Communities,” a report from the Local Initiatives Support Coalition and the University Neighborhood Housing Program.
When wealthy investors treat homes like poker chips, it is the tenants who end up paying the most. How do we interrupt the vicious cycle of speculation and displacement?
In the second week of our latest series, Homes or Cash Cows, Shelterforce explores some patterns and policies behind housing speculation.
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If high home prices and rents are hallmarks of inequality, the actions of the Federal Reserve should give us pause. Its policy interventions have had profound effects on housing prices.