From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable for a range of incomes
- Written by Susanne Schindler, Research Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard Kennedy School
Activists in Seattle gather signatures to put a social housing initiative on the ballot. In early 2025, voters passed the measure, which implements a payroll tax on high incomes to fund the program.House Our Neighbors, CC BY-SASeattle astounded housing advocates around the country in February 2025, when roughly two-thirds of voters approved a...