Shelterforce published more than 140 pieces this year. It came as no surprise that most of our top stories were about federal ...

We must always remember that New Orleans was suffering from an economic and political disaster long before Hurricane Katrina hit. “Welcome to the Third World!” More than one person said this to me ...

In the 1960s, a handful of books triggered movements for reform. These include Michael Harrington’s The Other America (1962), which inspired the war on poverty; Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962), ...

We can upkeep homes without punishing low-income residents. Here are some lessons for change, and cities already doing that ...

Years ago, officials in dozens of cities and states showed interest in passing legislation that required landlords to accept alternatives to the traditional lump-sum security deposit. Today, much of ...

Tiny houses are a step up from shelter beds, but are they also a distraction from real, obvious solutions to our homelessness epidemic? If you hang out with people who enjoy things like “clean eating, ...

When it comes to President-elect Donald Trump’s policy stances on HUD, there are a lot of unknowns. Housing advocates aren’t exactly sure what to expect, but they’re looking to the president-elect’s ...

Are the neighborhoods impacted by large development getting the jobs and affordable housing they were promised? Shelterforce looks back at several cities where community benefits agreements were won ...

It was more than a decade ago when the National Housing Institute published a landmark report on shared-equity homeownership, or resale-restricted, owner-occupied housing for lower-income households ...

We can’t build our way out of the housing crisis . . . but we won’t get out without building. Affordable housing advocates are facing a disturbing new opponent in planning battles across the country: ...

Tenant screening software has become an industry standard. It sifts through publicly available and proprietary data to gauge the suitability of potential renters. An applicant’s rent-paying history is ...