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

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 ...

In intergenerational communities, older adults mentor, babysit, and lend a hand, while younger neighbors provide ...

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

Early childhood education is a fast-growing but low-paying profession. In response, one New Haven, Connecticut, center has started offering rent-free housing to its educators. When it came time for ...

The FHLB system was formed to support mortgage lending that would make housing more affordable. But it has veered away from ...

In recent years, the Democratic Socialists of America, both nationally and in many chapters, have committed to housing organizing, contributing to the rise of tenant unions while also altering their ...

Private equity firms are major players in the rental housing market. Here's how private equity ownership works, how it harms tenants, and the organizing strategies and policy responses that could help ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...