Curbing this housing crisis is even more crucial because in this country, the reality is that a home – if you are lucky enough to have one – is not just where you work remotely, spend time with loved ones or sleep. It’s also a place that confers advantages and disadvantages that can change people’s lives for better or worse.

As an urban sociologist who has been studying housing and neighborhood outcomes in the U.S. for 10 years, what’s sometimes missing from many public conversations on the topic is that housing is a structural component of society – one shaped by larger social institutions and government policies. And it’s connected to so many other facets of life, from a person’s income or education to their race, gender and health.

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