By Jillian D’Onfro from The San Francisco Standard

By THALIA BEATY from AP News

By Alison Chopel et al. from Nonprofit Quarterly

By Natalie Orenstein from Oaklandside

Excerpt:

“The only reason why businesses like this could exist,” said Tobias Damm-Luhr, staff attorney at the Sustainable Economies Law Center, is because “people hoard land and housing. They create these artificial scarcities such that people who don’t have a home or any other option are forced to try to live in places where they have no legal right to live.” 

"When we prioritize somebody’s passive income over life, we have a problem."

Read the full article here.

(Originally published September 30, 2025)

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Reem’s will establish its flagship location in Jack London Square, with plans to open outposts on the horizon 

by Cecilia Seiter from Berkeleyside

by Michael Montalvo from Los Angeles Public Press

By Mike Diago from The Bittman Project

Podcast, Next Economy Living from LIFT Economy

Por Jesús Cruz Reyes  Economía Solidaria

By: Trebor Scholz, Anne-Pauline De Cler, Michelle Lee, Morshed Mannan, Stefano Tortorici Co-op News