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 ...

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

In Portland, Oregon, social housing has followed a stop-and-go trajectory. A one-time windfall has let the city pilot a ...

Businesses owned by immigrants, including green card holders, have been deemed ineligible for federal Small Business ...

For decades, a network HUD-certified housing counselors has helped families make ends meet. A change in the rules puts this ...

The conversation about gentrification continually repackages a set of debunked theories as reality and it obscures a set of real crises that need fixing. Let’s start by separating gentrification ...

Co-op City in the Bronx is the size of a small city—as well as a decades old housing co-op and an island of comparative affordability. How did it come about? Affordable housing activists spend a lot ...

Housing is fundamental to healthy families and communities. That’s why we must fight for policies that treat public housing as essential as roadways and schools. When most Americans think of public ...

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 ...

Housing funding programs are notoriously fragmented. One way to make limited housing dollars go further is to improve the systems that distribute them. While chaos reigns at the federal level, it’s up ...