We can have one without the other
As the academic year wraps up, the Progress and Poverty Institute is grateful to recognize the five student interns who worked with us in 2025–2026. Their research, analysis, and policy chops have been essential to our work! Emily Evers is a dual master’s candidate in… Read More »2025-2026 Progress and Poverty Institute Interns
Sometimes the calendar lines up just right. For the Progress & Poverty Institute team, the last week of April 2026 was one of those moments. We traveled to Chicago for the Urban Affairs Association’s annual conference, and while we were there, our distributed team got… Read More »PPI in Chicago: Research, Coalition-Building, and Community
Mamdani won with the support of the tenant class. But should he control their rent? Or redistribute it? NY State Assemblyman and Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani has been declared the winner in the 2025 New York City Mayoral election, defeating Republican Curtis Sliwa and Independent… Read More »Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, Champion of the Landless?
A couple weeks back, I attended the YIMBYTown conference, where nearly a thousand advocates, policymakers, researchers, and others convened to discuss pro-housing and pro-transit reforms. One panel I attended summarized the state of the movement: We’re Winning the Housing Fight but Losing the Transportation Fight.… Read More »A Georgist’s reflections on YIMBYtown
