Maryland could bar landlords from screening some renters’ credit scores The bill would add to Maryland’s renter protections, but opponents say it could make housing more expensive.

Excited to see this bill advance! Credit-based tenant screening too often precludes housing voucher holders from securing stable housing.

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Looking for research assistance work over the summer, before starting my PhD this fall. Happy to get involved in quantitative or qualitative work. Past research has focused on housing insecurity and social mobility. Please me know if you hear of any leads!

By one measure, the US spent more in the first six days of the war in Iran than it would cost to house every person living in a homeless shelter nationwide. It’s increasingly clear that ending homelessness really is a matter of political priorities.

Editorial Introduction - Brian J. McCabe, Ann Owens, 2026

With our March 2026 issue, we can officially welcome @annowens.bsky.social and Brian J. McCabe as the new editors of City & Community! They are excited to continue publishing the impactful research that the journal is known for. Their editorial introduction highlights the exciting changes to come.

“The Supreme Court’s decision to not hear Alabama’s appeal leaves in place a ruling from the Eleventh Circuit that states cannot criminalize people simply for holding signs expressing that they are hungry and homeless,” said Micah West, senior supervising attorney, SPLC. https://bit.ly/4sl94QH

Paperback edition of There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

Today the paperback of THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US is out.

It's arriving in a country once again waging war—a country that can spend tens of billions on bombs without blinking, while millions of Americans are one missed paycheck, one rent hike away from homelessness.

Let's take stock of where we are.

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: ‘The rent eats first’: Did ending the national eviction moratorium increase food insufficiency among renters in the United States? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

These results suggest that policies reducing the population risk of eviction may ameliorate food insufficiency. Absent intervention, the rent will continue to eat first among US households — especially those with children. (2/2).

First publication! We show that the Supreme Court’s cessation of the pandemic-era national eviction moratorium increased food insufficiency among US renters with children by 3.17pp, a 20% relative increase. (1/2).

Link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/M32SY...

To get into the details, our main difference-in-differences analysis (using the Household Pulse Survey) identifies a 1.06pp increase (8.1% relative increase) in the prevalence of food insufficiency among renters (treated) compared to homeowners (control) after the moratorium's end. 

2/4

To get into the details, difference-in-differences analyses identify a 1.06pp increase (8.1% relative increase) in the prevalence of food insufficiency among renters (treated) compared to homeowners (control) after the moratorium's end. 

2/4

Figure showing the change in the number of SNAP participants between November 2023 and November 2025.

Preliminary USDA data show about 700,000 fewer low-income people received SNAP benefits in November vs. October, another huge one-month drop. This likely reflects disruption from the shutdown & the Republican megabill (H.R. 1)'s unprecedented SNAP cuts starting to take effect.

This is one heck of a study by the Ohio State credit data crew, led by Alec Rhodes.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

I've seen him present on it a few times. Very excited to see it out in print.

Assisted Housing and Changes in Household Composition - Kristin L. Perkins, 2026 Changes in household composition are detrimental to children’s well-being and outcomes. Unaffordable or unstable housing may lead to changes in household compos...

Great new housing papers:

"Assisted Housing and Changes in Household Composition" by Kristin Perkins shows that receiving federal or state housing assistance stabilizes families

doi.org/10.1177/2378...

Graphic showing changes in SNAP participation between October 2023 and October 2025.

Preliminary USDA data show that SNAP caseloads fell by 500,000+ people between September & October 2025. While the number of people participating in SNAP has generally been falling in 2025, this larger drop likely reflects disruption from the government shutdown (& data errors).

Graphic has dark blue border on white background. CBS’s logo is at the top middle. The NHLP logo sits at the bottom. The title of the article and author name are below: “Judge Blocks HUD’s Effort to Overhaul Federal Funding for Homeless Services by Roshan Abraham” Black text reads: “HUD’s 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity—since rescinded and shut down by a judge—was in the amount of $3.9 billion, higher than the $3.6 billion in funding available last year. But this number was deceptive, according to Deborah Thrope, deputy director of the National Housing Law Project: HUD pulled some of its other funds for permanent housing, instead pooling them into Continuum of Care funds that were tailored to prioritize temporary housing. “This administration basically waited until the last minute, changed it, and now they’re saying we’re going to get funding up and running in March, but that’s wholly unrealistic,” Thrope told Shelterforce/Next City before the judge’s ruling.”

The Trump administration’s attempts to cut one of the most important funding sources for housing homeless people is making it impossible for service providers to keep families safe and sheltered. NHLP’s Deputy Director Deb Thorpe spoke about why with Roshan Abraham from @shelterforce.bsky.social.

She’s 14 and she’s moved 26 times. The US housing crisis has families like hers ‘running in place’ Outside Atlanta, the Godfreys are caught in a cycle of job loss and eviction. That stress has implications for the kids

Grateful to have contributed to this story, whose headline—"She's 14 and she's moved 26 times"—says everything about the human toll of America's brutal, disastrously broken housing system.

BREAKING: Federal agents just shot and killed a man in Minneapolis after brutally beating him in front of witnesses.

We condemn this killing and demand ICE and CBP agents withdraw from Minneapolis immediately.

Dot plot comparing survey-weighted and propensity score-weighted samples, showing absolute standardized mean differences for variables like income, savings, age, education, housing, marital status, insurance, race. Orange dots represent survey-weighted samples; dark teal dots show propensity score-weighted samples.

Among US adults, any amount of medical debt increased the risk of experiencing #HousingInstability in the next year by 7 percentage points compared with adults without medical debt. ja.ma/4jDxu4G

Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, the...

Starting in October 2026, Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will shift billions in SNAP costs from the federal government onto states, some of whom could be forced to deeply cut or even shutter their SNAP programs altogether.

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program relies onhousing developers to build affordable housing units. Developersconsider financial feasibility and programmatic regulations whenplanning projects, and one central project feature is the affordabil-ity of units. Decisions around unit affordability directly shape hous-ing supply and, in turn, affect where low-income tenants live. Inthis article, I analyze LIHTC projects in California and show that,among projects funded from 2011 to 2023, only a small share(15%) of units was affordable to extremely low-income (ELI) house-holds. In contrast, ELI households comprised the majority of LIHTCtenants. The share of units affordable to ELI households increasedover time due in part to program regulations, financial feasibility,and state priorities around housing formerly homeless individuals,though there was still a substantial mismatch between units’affordability and tenants’ incomes during this period. Units afford-able to ELI households are slightly less likely to be in the highestsocioeconomic status (SES) communities, though mismatchbetween affordability and tenant income is similar across neigh-borhood types. Developer decision-making around income target-ing, tenant type, and project location shapes affordable housingsupply, and I conclude by noting the importance of assessing theintersections of these factors for future policymaking

New in @houspoldebate.bsky.social
- CA's affordable housing is not affordable to lowest-income tenants, who comprise most tenants
- Units built in higher SES areas have a range of affordability levels, promising for integration goals

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#housingsky #socsky

We condemn ICE's killing of a Minneapolis woman today and call on federal agents to withdraw from Minnesota immediately.

This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.

Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social I "The purpose of entitlements is not to spend as much as possible," the Editorial Board writes. "It is to make sure the truly vulnerable get the help they need without becoming dependent on government handouts. Scrutinizing food stamp rolls is a small step in that direction."

No. No. No.

Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.

Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.

Congratulations to the 19 states raising the minimum wage in 2026.

But let’s be clear: a $7.25 federal minimum wage is a national disgrace.

No one who works full-time should live in poverty. We must keep fighting to guarantee all workers a living wage — not starvation wages.

Housing First is a housing-focused intervention, and it works. Critics cherry-pick evidence to highlight where programs fall short in health outcomes. That’s important — and access to/funding for services should be increased — but the fact remains that housing outcomes improve, and that’s a start.

Homesick focuses on the experiences of migrants of color moving to rural New England to take well-paid jobs and the resulting misrecognition from white residents. This book helps us better understand how to unsettle such processes of exclusion in diversifying spaces

https://ow.ly/4htC50Xxhmh

When the employed are pushed into homelessness In America we are taught hard work is the key to success. But despite having full-time jobs, many families are locked out of the rental housing market, due to low wages, soaring rents and poor credit,...

ICYMI: I spoke with CBS Sunday Morning about my book, There Is No Place for Us, alongside the families whose desperate efforts to secure housing the book follows—people working nonstop and still being pushed into homelessness.

Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants

This is far worse than anyone expected.

Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.

All as mass internment camps are being built.

I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you ❤️, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]

“Low-income tenants who rely on food stamps to feed their families will be immediately faced with difficult choices..."

Round up of strategies and protections under federal law to prevent evictions due to loss of SNAP benefits courtesy of @nhlp.bsky.social

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#housing+