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, ...

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 ...

Affordable housing construction finance reflects market norms, but its track record shows it’s far less risky than conventional market-rate housing loans. While lower default rates should lead to ...

Solidarity Corner Communities Linking Immigrant, Worker, and Tenant Struggles to Build Community Power In Atlanta, nearly 1,000 labor union members and community allies gathered at the Jobs With ...

In recent years, housing coalitions promoting community land trusts and real estate cooperatives have formed in multiple cities and states—and they are achieving results. Nonetheless, a lot of work is ...

In states across the South, coalitions that include housing justice advocates, tenant leaders, and legal service providers are coming together to oppose anti-tenant policies and advance tenant rights.

While chaos reigns at the federal level, it’s up to states and local governments to creatively hold the line, fill the gaps, and figure out new ways forward. Drawing on examples from around the ...

Housing affordability is not just an urban problem. Section 515, the federal rural rental assistance program, would be extended in the proposed federal housing bills—with an important rule change.

While chaos reigns at the federal level, it’s up to states and local governments to creatively hold the line, fill the gaps, and figure out new ways forward. Drawing on examples from around the ...