Link to the full Poverty & Race Jan-April 2026 issue The Fight for Fair Housing: How the Trump Administration is Politicizing and Refusing to Enforce America's Housing Protections by Paul Osadebe and Palmer Heenan Financial Distress in the Rental Market is Escalating by Ruthy Gourevitch and Jacob Udell What Pauli Murray Had to Say about the Thirteenth … [Read more...] about Poverty & Race Journal (Jan-April 2026)
Financial Distress in the Rental Market is Escalating (Jan-April 2026 P&R Journal)
Link to the full Jan-April 2026 Poverty & Race Journal pdf by Ruthy Gourevitch and Jacob Udell The Climate Crisis is a Core Driver The 2008 subprime mortgage crisis put “financial distress” in the headlines, as millions of homeowners lost their homes from financial institutions enabling overleveraged valuations. Today, financial distress is back in the news, but this … [Read more...] about Financial Distress in the Rental Market is Escalating (Jan-April 2026 P&R Journal)
What Pauli Murray Had to Say about the Thirteenth Amendment (Jan-April 2026 P&R Journal)
Link to the full Jan-April 2026 Poverty & Race Journal pdf by Brence Pernell and Kelley Akhiemokhali I. Introduction: Pauli Murray’s Expansive Vision of the Reconstruction Amendments The article traces the intellectual, legal, and biographical foundations for Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray’s pioneering view of the Thirteenth Amendment as a broad tool against racial … [Read more...] about What Pauli Murray Had to Say about the Thirteenth Amendment (Jan-April 2026 P&R Journal)
The Fight for Fair Housing: How the Trump Administration is Politicizing and Refusing to Enforce America’s Housing Protections (Jan-April 2026 P&R Journal)
Link to the full Poverty & Race Journal pdf by Paul Osadebe and Palmer Heenan Our names are Paul Osadebe and Palmer Heenan. As whistleblowers in the Office of Fair Housing (OFH) within the Office of General Counsel at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), we and two other whistleblowers bore witness to an ongoing and concerted effort by the Trump … [Read more...] about The Fight for Fair Housing: How the Trump Administration is Politicizing and Refusing to Enforce America’s Housing Protections (Jan-April 2026 P&R Journal)
Poppy Seed Bagel Progressivism or What We Talk about When We Talk about Affordable Housing Development Costs (May-September, 2025 P&R Journal)
Link to the full P&R issue by Thomas Silverstein There is a type of article that appears periodically and that predictably generates reactions ranging from handwringing, at best, to outrage, at worst. The article will generally look at a single affordable housing project and highlight the property’s high per-unit costs. The article may or may not provide the context … [Read more...] about Poppy Seed Bagel Progressivism or What We Talk about When We Talk about Affordable Housing Development Costs (May-September, 2025 P&R Journal)
