Rebecca Burns, Author at Type Investigations

Rebecca Burns

Rebecca Burns is a Chicago-based investigative reporter and editor whose work focuses on housing, finance and the ongoing effects of the foreclosure crisis. She is an associate editor at In These Times magazine and her reporting and writing has also appeared in Al Jazeera America, the Chicago Reader, Dissent, Jacobin, and other outlets. She was a winner of the I.F. Stone Award from the Investigative Fund. Follow her on Twitter @rejburns. Last updated July 2017

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.