Gregg Colburn

Jan 14, 2025 | worcestersucks.email | Clayton Aldern |Gregg Colburn |David Banks |Frantz Fanon

What’s up my merry pranksters!The writing prompt I assigned myself for this year’s ‘in review’ was one month, one paragraph. The year in 12 grafs. I enjoyed the exercise. Behind each sentence you’re about to read is thousands upon thousands of words, hours of work. Interviews, background conversations, five hour stretches on council livestreams, digging through records, submitting FOIAs, reading every stupid thing every stupid person puts on the internet in this city.

Apr 12, 2024 | thehill.com | Gregg Colburn

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this month in Grants Pass v. Johnson, which focuses on whether a local government can make it a crime to live outside when adequate shelter is not available. This case has resulted in an inaccurate and harmful framing of homelessness by suggesting that there are only two potential outcomes: either arrest those who are unhoused, or homelessness will become an inevitable and permanent fixture of the urban landscape.

Apr 10, 2023 | tandfonline.com | Gregg Colburn

Housing is an emotional topic. In one structure, we combine the neighborhood in which we live, our most intimate relationships, and, for many, the largest source of household wealth. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that attempts to alter the housing system produce strong and visceral reactions. In Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing, Max Holleran chronicles the rise of the YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) housing movement.