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Affordable housing in the US is increasingly scarce, making renters ask: Where do we go?

  • Written by Celine-Marie Pascale, Professor of Sociology, American University
imageCommunity organizers speak in a vacant house in West Oakland, Calif., that they occupied in 2019 and 2020 to bring attention to affordable housing.Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images

The United States is facing an expanding gap between how much workers earn and how much they have to pay for housing.

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