Rebecca Burns, Author at Type Investigations

Rebecca Burns

Rebecca Burns is an award-winning investigative reporter whose work on housing, finance, and climate has appeared in Bloomberg Green, the Chicago Reader, the Intercept, and ProPublica Illinois. She's based in Chicago, where she is also a contributing editor at In These Times magazine. Follow her on Twitter at @RebeccaJBurns_.

Investigations

The Subprime Solar Trap for Low-Income Homeowners

Predatory deals from the financial crisis are back in time for the climate crisis.

When Shelter Comes Down to the Luck of the Draw

As eviction moratoriums expire, lotteries determine who gets rent relief.

Renters In Turmoil As Federal And State Relief Measures Fall Short

“I can’t be out on the street right now,” a woman in Jackson, Mississippi, said.

Contract Selling Is Back in Chicago

Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr. fought against predatory sales, Wall Street-backed firms are duping would-be homebuyers again.