Tenants organized against a private-equity-backed landlord. In Evanston, the city provided financial support, while ...

Public housing authorities are using tech to enforce smoke bans and noise rules—but a lawsuit claims it is tracking tenants' ...

The ROAD to Housing bill includes a section ensuring long-term disaster recovery support for the first time, a vital response to growing climate-related disasters. Now comes the challenge of ...

Whether through diversified funds or direct ownership of retail space, community ownership tools build wealth and shape local ...

In Los Angeles, as people organized in response to wildfires and ICE raids, a new group of tenant supporters—The Rent Brigade—emerged. But can its energy, born in crisis, be sustained for the long ...

The most recent annual count of unhoused people across the country dropped for the first time since 2016. But the reasons it dropped, and the groups affected, complicate the victory. We do not know ...

The department proposed centralizing major public housing, voucher, fair housing, legal, and grant functions after losing nearly 35 percent of its staff. Then it withdrew the notice without ...

In recent years, Los Angeles and Seattle voters have approved major taxes to boost affordable housing using a “social housing” approach. But they offer two very different visions of what that means.

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 ...

In metro Charlotte, North Carolina, a $225 million fund backed by local business leaders aims to expand affordable housing by acquiring and improving existing properties. In Charlotte, North Carolina, ...