Housing Policy in America

Land, Shelter, & Social Justice

America needs a real housing policy

Robert C. Weaver w/ President Lyndon B. Johnson. Weaver was the first Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, created in 1965, an agency created to address America’s affordable housing issues — Public Domain

Where is America’s affordable housing policy or plan?

In America, millions of people can barely afford housing. This is especially so when it comes to the basic level of housing — rental housing.