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Out of town investors were wreaking havoc on Cincinnati’s housing market. So a year ago, the city outbid the corporate landlords to keep single family homes affordable.

In Minneapolis and Manhattan, tenant organizing has won regulation that can transform residents’ lives.

It’s part of a wave of anti-homeless legislation pushed by Cicero Institute.

Since a lawsuit by a group of landlords has put rent reduction on hold, tenants in the Upstate city are stuck in limbo.

Local housing rights advocates launched a tool to monitor evictions and the rate of legal representation in New York City, and their findings are bleak.

Tenant advocates head to the White House, and more.

Local housing rights advocates launched a tool to monitor evictions and the rate of legal representation in New York City, and their findings are bleak.

Also, San Diego is close to declaring housing a human right.

In a Q&A on her new book “Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies," scholar Leslie Kern makes “a plea for people to keep in mind this range of power structures that play into gentrification.”

Plus, a look at the large role rent plays in inflation.