In the United States, a housing shortage of millions of units, combined with a scarcity of adequate housing assistance, has fueled an unprecedented affordability crisis. Rent prices and home prices are at all-time highs, evictions are back to their pre-pandemic levels, and homelessness is growing in cities across the country. Globally, conflict, climate change–fueled weather events, and rapid and unequal economic development have resulted in 1.1 billion people—23 percent of the world’s adult population—saying they feel uncertain about their rights to their land, homes, and other property.
The Rooftop offers a home for innovative ideas to address the housing and land rights crises in the United States and globally. Through written articles, Q&As, and more, New America’s Future of Land and Housing (FLH) program seeks to showcase a range of housing solutions—those big or small, public or private, well-trodden or novel.
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