IN THE NEWS
"Homeless New Yorkers Lead a Push for Better Rental Vouchers"
Vincent Reina l Next City | June 8, 2021
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"More than a year into the pandemic, rent relief is finally reaching those who need it"
Vincent Reina l Marketplace | May 28, 2021
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"Racial Equity in Emergency Rental Assistance"
Andrew Aurand, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Vincent Reina l Shelterforce | May 11, 2021
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"How Much is Rent Relief Helping Californians?"
Manuela Tobias l Cal Matters | April 26, 2021
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"Does the Federal Housing Policy Do Enough to Stop Evictions?"
Jake Blumgart l Governing | April 26, 2021
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"Federal Aid to Renters Moves Slowly, Leaving Many at Risk"
Jason DeParle l The New York Times | April 25, 2021
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"Landlords are Waiting for Rent Payments - and Some Can't Hold On Much Longer"
Andrew Khouri l Los Angeles Times | April 5, 2021
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"Despite Coronavirus Relief Dollars, Many Still Waiting for Rental Aid to Arrive"
Al|ison Pecorin and Benjamin Siege l ABC News | March 22, 2021
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"'Things Have Come Undone': At Home with the Millions of People Who Owe Billions of Dollars During COVID"
Amy Eskind | People | March 13, 2021
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"Why Can't the Government Stop Evictions?"
Kriston Capps, Rachael Dottle, and Allison McCartney | CityLab | February 11, 2021
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"Evicted and Infected: How the U.S. Housing Crisis Could Worsen the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Lauren Ingeno | Penn Medicine News | January 28, 2021
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"One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Rent Relief Leaves Tenants and Landlords Without Assistance"
Michaelle Bond | Philadelphia Inquirer | December 21, 2020
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"Use It or Lose It: Tenant Aid Effort Nears a Federal Cutoff"
Conor Dougherty | New York Times | December 15, 2020
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"Penn Housing Initiative Fuels Cooperation Between Cities During Pandemic"
Jared Brey | Design Weekly | October 5, 2020
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"A Good Time to Think Big"
Claudia Aiken & Vincent Reina | Holistic Housing Podcast | September 24, 2020
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"Philly's housing insecurity crisis needs long-term solutions"
Claudia Aiken, Sydney Goldstein, & Vincent Reina | Philadelphia Inquirer | August 10, 2020
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"Trump's warning that Biden will 'destroy' suburbs is falling flat outside Philly"
Andrew Seidman | Philadelphia Inquirer | August 4, 2020
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"What is the fair housing rule, and how will its repeal affect Philly?"
Nick Vadala | Philadelphia Inquirer | August 2, 2020
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"An eviction cliff years in the making and the need for comprehensive action"
Kathryn Howell and Vincent Reina | The Justice Collaborative Institute | July 23, 2020
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"Wealthy households have 25% higher carbon impacts than lower-income homes"
Alexandra Kelley | The Hill | July 22, 2020
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"More than 20 million people face eviction by the end of September"
Igor Derysh | Salon | July 11, 2020
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"New 10-year housing strategy aims to create and preserve more affordable housing in Hamilton County"
Lucy May | WCPO Cincinnati | May 28, 2020
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"The Role of Housing Choice Vouchers in Addressing America's Rental Housing Crisis"
Oriya Cohen | Housing Matters | April 7, 2020
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"Vincent Reina on housing, barriers, and what we need from housing policy"
Staff | Penn Today | February 4, 2020
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"City officials: Philly to add 100,000 homes by 2028"
Jake Blumgart | WHYY | September 6, 2018
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"Affordable housing: 7 lessons Philly should learn from other cities"
Vincent Reina and John Landis  | Philadelphia Inquirer | December 1, 2017
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