Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems

Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation's housing systems.



And this divide deepens other inequalities. Increasingly, important life outcomes-performance in school, employment, even life expectancy-are determined by where people live and the quality of homes they live in.



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