How Austin’s stunning drop in rents explains housing in America
Here is one narrative violation in the usual drumbeat of doom that we’re used to hearing about housing in America: ...
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Video: Welcome to the Neighborhood. It’s Sinking.
“OK, don’t step into the actual fissure. We don’t actually know how deep it goes.” In 2024, Eilen Stewart bought ...
DHS abducts Columbia student from college housing
Protesters rally against ICE at Columbia University in New York, February 5, 2026.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Get your news from a ...
Why America can’t build anything anymore, explained
There’s a familiar mood in American life right now, a frustration that feels both personal and ambient. The bridge doesn’t ...
America’s other populist, socialist big-city mayor
The election was divisive, pitting an established moderate against an upstart progressive in the large, Democratic city. For a while ...
The 10 most read stories on Future Perfect in 2025
As Future Perfect has in past years, we’re spending this holiday season rounding up our most-read stories of 2025 — ...
Breaking free of zero-sum thinking will make America a wealthier country
I live in New York City, which fashions itself as many things: the financial capital of the world, the media ...
New York’s next mayor wants affordable housing. Just don’t ask where he’ll put it.
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran MamdaniMatthew Hoen/Zuma Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. ...
Scott Wiener Defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can He Fix America’s Housing Crisis?
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Why owning a house is overrated
Jerusalem Demsas, editor-in-chief of The Argument, has a hot take when it comes to our housing woes: “Homeownership is overrated.”That’s ...
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