The federal housing bill passed in July marks a major step forward in federal recognition of and support for community land ...

In Portland, Oregon, social housing has followed a stop-and-go trajectory. A one-time windfall has let the city pilot a revolving loan fund to acquire property that can support permanently affordable ...

An aging rural U.S. must do more to keep people healthy at home. To do this, advocates must ask hard questions and design ...

As more older adults face housing instability, aging and homelessness service providers are building partnerships to fill the gaps between two systems that have long operated separately. Longer ...

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 ...

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens's $5 billion-plus Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative aims to reduce inequity between the city's neighborhoods, and even has a proactive anti-displacement plan. But its ...

In recent years, Los Angeles and Seattle voters have approved major taxes to boost affordable housing using a “social housing” approach.

The end of affordability restrictions doesn’t automatically mean homes will be lost, but aging buildings and rising costs ...

The president floated cutting Community Development Block Grants entirely from the federal budget, which Congress has so far declined to do. How do these grants get used at the local level? “Funders ...

An Ithaca landlord argued that source-of-income discrimination laws force them to consent to government searches, and courts agreed twice. The reasoning has since surfaced in a dozen cases across the ...