After Lockdown, New Thoughts on Affordable Housing

Months of lockdowns during the pandemic have set the stage for a rethink of where people live, how much they pay – and who provides the housing. Governments took bold actions that simply weren’t on the table before the health crisis, like halting evictions or paying for hotel rooms where the homeless could self-isolate safely. That’s shifted the debate about how to ensure there’s a roof over everyone’s head, as rising prices have made a typical home out of reach for workers in more than half of