To protect themselves from ICE, many families are staying home; tenant organizers are pushing for eviction moratoriums to ...

Americans are struggling more than ever to find and maintain housing they can afford. The climate crisis is only making things worse. In this series, Shelterforce takes a deeper look at the ...

As the federal government teeters on the edge of a shutdown, housing advocates warn of cuts to affordable housing programs in the remaining months of FY 2025—and say to brace for even deeper threats ...

A growing movement is reshaping how people work and live together. Our new column highlights these practices—and explains why ...

Steve Dubb. A growing movement is reshaping how people work and live together. Our new Solidarity Corner column highlights thes ...

Some strategies aim to increase access to the existing system, while others try to make the system itself return fairer outcomes. It's important to know which kind we're using. The contemporary ...

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Wages have long been out of step with housing costs. Santa Fe hopes to change that by tying minimum wage increases to HUD’s Fair Market Rent estimates. What happens when you connect wages to local ...

Baltimore, Boston, and Cleveland voters recently showed what happens when leaders loosen zoning and modernize permitting, while investing in community-scale development at the same time. Federal ...

Tenant screening software has become an industry standard. It sifts through publicly available and proprietary data to gauge the suitability of potential renters. An applicant’s rent-paying history is ...