October 19—The Social Democrat has been reporting on the serious housing crisis facing U.S. workers, with home prices up 50 percent in five years and rents up 35 percent in the same period. This AP article looks at how this breakdown of social democracy is affecting voters in Arizona who are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet.

July 2—Amid a political campaign where the lies and outrages of one candidate, and the declining fitness of the other suck all serious discussion of policy out of the atmosphere, there is little awareness of a crisis unfolding in the housing market. With home prices up 50 percent nationally in just the last five years, and rents up 35 percent, working Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to find a place to live. Rents in six of the seven swing states are up an average of 44 percent in the last five years. Reuters examines the crisis and its impact on swing-state voters.

August 27, 2017—A lack of housing affordable for citizens of modest incomes plagues cities across the country. Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and two Chicago alderman Friday announced a new plan to bring more affordable dwellings to Chicago neighborhoods.