homelessness
Tenants win small victory in Massachusetts budget but housing policy mostly unchanged
August 18, 2025The removal of tenant-paid broker’s fees is an important victory—one that should be celebrated. The fight for affordable housing, however, must continue.
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Trump’s recent executive orders on homelessness are disastrously harmful
August 14, 2025The administration’s plan to address homelessness is not a mere kick in the unhoused population’s ribs—it is a push off a cliff and a removal of the ladder back up
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After Supreme Court criminalized being homeless, the housing crisis is worse than ever
June 5, 2025A year after the Grants Pass vs. Johnson ruling, the numbers show that locking people up for not having shelter does nothing to make housing more affordable.
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On the streets of Philly’s Kensington neighborhood, accessing essential care services just got harder
May 22, 2025Harm reduction practices in Kensington include the distribution of sterile syringes, naloxone, fentanyl test strips, wound care supplies, food, and hygiene kits.
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Massachusetts homelessness crisis: Systemic failures, predatory landlords, and Trump ICE attacks
April 10, 2025Often seen as a bastion of progressive politics, Massachusetts has a homelessness problem made worse by bad policy and capitalist failings.
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