https://www.themintmagazine.com Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:50:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.themintmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-The-Mint-Coin-32x32.jpg https://www.themintmagazine.com 32 32 https://www.themintmagazine.com/can-cities-make-landlords-care-about-energy-efficiency/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/can-cities-make-landlords-care-about-energy-efficiency/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:50:10 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=140335

With the federal government retreating from climate action, cities and states have increasingly stepped in to ease emissions and address the crisis. But new research finds that those efforts often … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/can-cities-make-landlords-care-about-energy-efficiency/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/nowhere-to-move-how-climate-change-became-the-property-markets-biggest-nightmare/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/nowhere-to-move-how-climate-change-became-the-property-markets-biggest-nightmare/#respond Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:44:54 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=134609

Climate change-fuelled risks have now become a “crucial factor in home-buying decisions” for more than 80 per cent of potential buyers. That’s what Zillow, the US’s largest real estate listings … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/nowhere-to-move-how-climate-change-became-the-property-markets-biggest-nightmare/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/climate-change-is-becoming-an-insurance-crisis/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/climate-change-is-becoming-an-insurance-crisis/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:01:43 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=133659

Imagine waking up to find your living room underwater for the second time in five years. You try to claim insurance, only to be told your property is now uninsurable. … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/climate-change-is-becoming-an-insurance-crisis/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/how-florida-is-rebuilding-for-a-stormy-costly-future/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/how-florida-is-rebuilding-for-a-stormy-costly-future/#respond Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:26:31 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=131990

“The road was a raging river. It was like the ocean,” recalled Maria Blancett. “There were white caps going down the street. There were fish in the road.” Maria and … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/how-florida-is-rebuilding-for-a-stormy-costly-future/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/homelessness-minister-resigns-over-throwing-tenants-out-and-hiking-rent/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/homelessness-minister-resigns-over-throwing-tenants-out-and-hiking-rent/#respond Sun, 10 Aug 2025 10:34:55 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=131607

Rushanara Ali has stepped down as Homelessness minister, following an i Paper investigation that revealed she evicted tenants before raising the rent on a property she owns. After facing numerous … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/homelessness-minister-resigns-over-throwing-tenants-out-and-hiking-rent/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/spains-economy-minister-says-overtourism-challenges-need-to-be-addressed/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/spains-economy-minister-says-overtourism-challenges-need-to-be-addressed/#respond Sat, 14 Jun 2025 15:48:51 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=129703

MADRID (AP) — Spain could receive as many as 100 million tourists this year, according to some projections, which the country’s economy minister said poses challenges for residents that the … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/spains-economy-minister-says-overtourism-challenges-need-to-be-addressed/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/an-abundance-of-billionaires-stalls-hudson-yards-west/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/an-abundance-of-billionaires-stalls-hudson-yards-west/#respond Sat, 07 Jun 2025 14:15:14 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=129684

Hudson Yards West almost feels as if it was designed as a test case for the thesis of Abundance, the recent book by Ezra Klein of the New York Times and … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/an-abundance-of-billionaires-stalls-hudson-yards-west/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-many-ways-israeli-settlers-steal-palestinian-homes/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-many-ways-israeli-settlers-steal-palestinian-homes/#respond Sat, 29 Mar 2025 07:21:34 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=126337

On Monday, Ghassan Abdel Basset and his family left their home in the occupied West Bank to visit a relative. They were going to break their fast together during the … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/the-many-ways-israeli-settlers-steal-palestinian-homes/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/how-la-wildfires-are-making-an-already-tough-rental-market-even-worse/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/how-la-wildfires-are-making-an-already-tough-rental-market-even-worse/#respond Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:03:44 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=124991

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The one-bedroom cottage with a woodsy vibe reminded Heather McAlpine of the home she lost to the brutal Los Angeles-area wildfires. But only two hours after … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/how-la-wildfires-are-making-an-already-tough-rental-market-even-worse/feed/ 0 https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-tale-of-two-co-ops/ https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-tale-of-two-co-ops/#respond Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:42:16 +0000 https://www.themintmagazine.com/?p=124488

You’d be forgiven if you passed by St. James Towers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, or Southbridge Towers in Lower Manhattan without noting their exceptional qualities or sensing the tumult within. The … ]]> https://www.themintmagazine.com/a-tale-of-two-co-ops/feed/ 0