The Guardian • May 2023 Will America’s first ‘right to sleep outside’ actually help unhoused people? It leaves out the one right that would actually solve homelessness: housing.
The Guardian • May 2023 ‘It’s a failure of the system’: before Jordan Neely was killed, he was discarded How did Jordan Neely fall through New York City's sprawling safety net?
The Guardian • May 2023 ‘I thought they’d kill us’: how the US navy devastated a tiny Puerto Rican island For 60+ years, the US Navy fired explosives on Vieques. Today, the islanders still suffer the devastating consequences.
Curbed • March 2023 What if we made It easier for renters to buy their buildings? A new bill in Albany would give tenants the right to purchase their buildings — and the funding to do it.
The Guardian • March 2023 ‘It’s legal, there’s just no precedent’: the first US town to demand a rent decrease When housing prices soared in Kingston, it tried something no other city had ever done.
Curbed • December 2022 The crumbling building where no one claims to be the landlord The strange case of a Crown Heights building that no landlord claims to own.
Curbed • November 2022 What happens when you house more than 1,000 refugees on a cruise ship? Temporary cruise-ship housing for migrants has become a real trend — does it work?
Dwell • November 2022 They built ‘The Woks of Life’ from home. Now they’re cooking things up from a new one It feels like part of a modern Chinese American fantasy.
The Guardian • June 2022 Jay-Z’s bitcoin school met with skepticism in his former housing project “People looking to make money, not lose it.”
The Guardian • February 2022 ‘We have to make ourselves seen’: the New York rent strikers fighting eviction When the coronavirus first hit New York City, many tenants stopped paying rent. Some refuse to start again.
The Guardian • February 2022 Mold, leaks, rot: how Brad Pitt’s post-Katrina housing project went horribly wrong It seemed like Pitt had answered their prayers. Then the homes started falling apart.
Curbed • January 2022 E-bike batteries are setting a record-breaking number of fires every year The people most in danger are New York City's delivery workers.