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This article appeared in the September 1, 2008 edition of The Nation.

August 13, 2008

The Affordable-Housing Test

Chicago

Connie Schultz gets it spot-on with "The Waitress Test" [July 14]. Class issues and identity politics (in this case, feminism) are inextricably intertwined, not pitted against each other, as too many commentators insist. One thing Schultz doesn't mention is affordable housing. Whether it's rental housing, public housing or homes owned, working- and middle-class people--especially single women with children--are finding it increasingly impossible to secure themselves domestically.

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