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Abolish HUD?

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Last Friday, Columbia University sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh published a provocative op-ed column in the New York Times headlined, “To Fight Poverty, Tear Down HUD“. In this column, he argued that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is…

Tagged with: affordable housing, labor movement, planning, poverty
Posted in Housing Justice

Poverty, Crime, Housing, Race, — What’s the truth?

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Peter Dreier — 1 Comment ↓

Colleagues: When journalists and social scientists write about poverty, crime, race, and housing policy — especially when they stir them together — it is bound to provoke controversy. Journalist Hannah Rosin recently stirred up a hornet’s next with her cover…

Tagged with: affordable housing, hannah rosin, peter dreier, poverty
Posted in Housing Justice

Democrats Challenge GOP on Mortgage Mess

Posted on May 13, 2008 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

The mortgage meltdown has become a hot political issue. The number of foreclosures is spiraling. Last week the Congress passed a bill, sponsored by Cong. Barney Frank, to help troubled homeowners. Every Dem voted for it, and most Republicans voted…

Tagged with: affordable housing
Posted in Housing Justice, Uncategorized

The Mortgage Mess and the Economic Meltdown: What John McCain (and the rest of us) Should Learn from the Keating Scandal

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

The nation’s escalating economic troubles — triggered by the growing wave of home foreclosures, declining housing prices, and bank failures — was entirely preventable. In today’s Huffington Post, I diagnose the symptoms, examine the root causes, discuss the politics, and…

Tagged with: affordable housing
Posted in Housing Justice

Bush’s Class Warfare

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Friends – Just a week before Christmas, President Bush gave corporate America two big presents. On Tuesday, his Federal Communications Commission changed the rules to allow the nation’s giant conglomerates to further consolidate their grip on the media by permitting…

Mortgage Meltdown; Baseball Steroid Scandal; How Unions Help the Economy; Edwards; NCLB; What the Dems Should Do On Jan. 2008; Fun With Alan Greenspan

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Friends – Here is a hodgepodge of articles (only one by me) on different topics that might be of interest:

Tagged with: affordable housing, Barack Obama, health, labor, Los Angeles, school, unions
Posted in Housing Justice, Politics & Elections, Uncategorized

A Progressive Agenda for “Housing the Working Poor” and other issues

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Peter Dreier — No Comments ↓

Friends – The current (Fall 2007) issue of Shelterforce magazine, published by the National Housing Institute, explores strategies for promoting a progressive housing agenda in a Democratic-controlled Congress and White House after January 2009. It includes my cover story, “Housing…

Tagged with: affordable housing
Posted in Housing Justice