IN THE NEWS
"Red States Send Back Millions in Federal Housing Aid, Putting Rural Renters at Risk"
Pranav Baskar | Boston Globe | April 15, 2022
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"Rental Assistance Is a Lifeline for Thousands of Philadelphia Renters - Don't Let It Run Out."
Vincent Reina | Philadelphia Inquirer | January 31, 2022
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"Multiple Families Lived in the Apartment Where 12 Died. Philly's Lack of Affordable Housing Points to Why."
Michaelle Bond | Philadelphia Inquirer | January 11, 2022
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"Equitable Cleveland Housing Reform - Time to Act"
Vincent Reina and Kaela Geschke | Cleveland Plain Dealer | January 9, 2022
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"18 People, a Deadly Fire: For Some, Crowded Housing Is Not a Choice"
Sophie Kasakove, Nicholas Bogal-Burroughs, Frances Robles, and Campbell Robertson  | New York Times | January 8, 2022
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"Federal Rental Assistance is Running Out, With Tenants Still in Need"
Sophie Kasakove and Glenn Thrush | New York Times | January 7, 2022
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"What the Philadelphia Rowhome Fire Tells Us about the State of Urban Housing in 2022"
WBUR Boston Here and Now, NPR | January 6, 2022
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"How Landlords Thwart America's Attempts to House Poor People"
The Economist | December 11, 2021
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"The Simplest Fix to America's Rent Problem"
Rachel M. Cohen l The Atlantic | October 20, 2021
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"How to Get Federal Help to Pay Your Rent"
Mikhal Weiner l Real Simple | October 14, 2021
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"Why $46 Billion in Rental Assistance Couldn't Prevent an Eviction Crisis"
Glenn Thrush and Connor Dougherty l New York Times | September 13, 2021
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"Landlord faces homelessness as tenants fall behind on rent during eviction ban"
Mola Lenghi l CBS Evening News, National Broadcast | September 9, 2021
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"More Philly landlords are selling property and deferring maintenance, which threatens the supply of affordable housing"
Michaelle Bond l The Philadelphia Inquirer | September 4, 2021
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"Rent aid in California plagued by complaints over slowness, bureaucracy"
Jeff Collins l The Orange County Register | August 16, 2021
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"One way the US could have prevented the fight over the eviction moratorium"
Jerusalem Demsas l Vox | August 4, 2021
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"There's nearly $900 million for Bay Area rent relief. So why has only 10% gotten to residents?"
Lauren Hepler l San Francisco Chronicle | August 3, 2021
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"How repairing homes reduced crime in Philly neighborhoods"
Tom MacDonald l PlanPhilly | July 28, 2021
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"Philadelphia home repair grants linked to deceased neighborhood crime, Penn study finds"
Aparna Nathan l The Philadelphia Inquirer | July 26, 2021
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"Homeless New Yorkers Lead a Push for Better Rental Vouchers"
Jared Brey 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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