Visualizing Density by Julie Campoli and Alex S. MacLean

This best-selling and richly illustrated book by landscape architect Julie Campoli and aerial photographer Alex S. MacLean helps planners, designers, public officials, and citizens better understand how residential density can help save energy, dollars, and the environment.

Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America’s Housing Crisis by Katherine Levine Einstein, David M. Glick, and Maxwell Palmer

This book examines how local participatory land use institutions amplify the power of entrenched interests and privileged homeowners.

Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns by Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern

In this book (and corresponding website), housing scholar Gregg Colburn and data journalist Clayton Aldern seek to explain the substantial variation in rates of homelessness apparent in cities across the United States.

Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond  

Poverty, By America investigates why the United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy.    

 Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond   

Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems.