Modern Housing for the 21st Century

How to House Our Neighbors

Seattle’s successful campaign to win a public developer and build mass social housing

Aug 28 • 

Katelin Penner

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June 2025

Andrew Cuomo's Housing Crisis

Andrew Cuomo isn't running for mayor to build housing for all New Yorkers. He's running for mayor to build power for the real estate state.

Jun 24 • 

Katelin Penner

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October 2024

Bringing Catherine Bauer's Vision HOME

On "Modern Housing", the unfinished project of the Housing Act of 1937, the HOMES Act, and the path forwards for dignified housing in the United States

Oct 30, 2024 • 

Katelin Penner

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August 2024

Our American Screen

On HGTV, speculation, and the falsehoods of the American Dream

Aug 5, 2024 • 

Katelin Penner

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July 2024

Lego City

On niche modular housing models, what they say about the state of American housing, and where we can go from here.

Jul 30, 2024 • 

Katelin Penner

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Will Starmer Rebuild What Thatcher Tore Down?

On the Tories' Wrongs, Labour's Failures, and What Keir Starmer Probably Won't Do

Jul 11, 2024 • 

Katelin Penner

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June 2024

Announcing: Modern Housing for the 21st Century

A new, biweekly newsletter about social housing, both at home and abroad.

Jun 17, 2024 • 

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April 2023

What we can learn from Barcelona

lessons in social housing from catalonia

Apr 13, 2023 • 

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February 2023

authenticity is a farce

on "the neighborhood", east williamsburg, grit, and capitalism

Feb 8, 2023 • 

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January 2023

Capital, Zoning, and Comprehensive Planning

New Pathways for New York

Jan 12, 2023 • 

Katelin Penner

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