Oregon passed laws requiring city housing plans to affirmatively further fair housing. But many cities are refraining from ...

Helping older adults remain in their homes has become a policy goal across the country. Making it happen is far more complicated. Longer lifespans, evolving household structures, and growing care ...

The debate over aging in place is shifting from how to keep older adults in their homes to what kinds of communities allow people to age safely, affordably, and with dignity. Longer lifespans, ...

Under the Lens series are Shelterforce’s deep dives into specific topics. Here you’ll find features, explainers, solutions, opinion, and conversation around crucial themes in the housing and community ...

Longer lifespans, evolving household structures, and growing care needs are changing what people need from their homes and communities. In this Under the Lens series, Shelterforce examines what it ...

A call for research proposals on reducing housing demand suggests a radical and troubling shift that may be coming in housing policy. Among the many divisions of the U.S. Department of Housing and ...

A call for research proposals on reducing housing demand suggests a radical and troubling shift that may be coming in housing policy.

Fair housing law has never been easy to enforce. But HUD's proposal to eliminate the use of disparate impact analysis will remove another crucial tool for doing so. Housing discrimination does not ...

Amber Banks is president and CEO of the African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs, where she leads efforts to provide capital, capacity building, and advocacy for Black-led community development ...

A proposed HUD rule that would allow housing agencies and subsidized housing owners to impose work requirements and time limits on tenants has drawn nearly 2,000 public comments, most opposing changes ...

Impact investing has become a popular term in housing and community development—but what does it actually mean? More importantly, what does effective impact investing look like when the goal is ...