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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The roots of housing insecurity can be traced back decades to discriminatory policies and practices that have deprived Black seniors of the wealth that often provides stability in old age. Longer ...

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 ...

Tracy Rosenthal and Leo Vilchis talk about their new book, “Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis,” their victories and struggles within the tenant movement, and some lessons for others ...

In 2015, Nepal adopted a new constitution that promised a right to housing. But a right to housing does not enforce itself, and a dramatic fight over what happens to residents of informal settlements ...

Development should come with affordability. Here's the case for inclusionary housing, and why opponents aren't seeing the full picture. Every morning in San Francisco, before most of us are awake, ...

The Rent Brigade says it's found evidence of thousands of likely instances of rent gouging. In some cases, the landlords accused of exploiting the fires had made campaign donations to those ...