Uncommonwealth — №6 — This article is part of Uncommonwealth, a series of articles that discuss housing affordability, economic justice, and inequality in the United States. A few weeks ago, I was listening to a podcast on NPR on how homeownership in the United States had now become a luxury. There were three guests…

Uncommonwealth — №5 — This article is part of Uncommonwealth, a series of articles that discuss housing affordability, economic justice, and inequality in the United States. Whether we are aware of it or not, land and the market for land are at the core of many of the most intractable problems we are facing…

Uncommonwealth — №4 — This article is part of Uncommonwealth, a series of articles that discuss housing affordability, economic justice, and inequality in the United States. In previous articles within this series, I have argued that the driving force behind the housing affordability crisis is our housing system itself, one based on the commodification…

Uncommonwealth — №3 — This article is part of Uncommonwealth, a series of articles that discuss housing affordability, economic justice, and inequality in the United States. By now, it has been well-documented that Millennials have had a hard time buying into the American Dream. While incomes have stagnated in the past twenty years —…

Uncommonwealth — № 2 — This article is part of Uncommonwealth, a series of articles that discuss housing affordability, economic justice, and inequality in the United States. In January 2016, for all the best and worst reasons in the world, I made an abrupt move from Mexico City to Manhattan. I moved there with no…