An Arkansas housing authority installed storm-resistant roofs. What it will bring is uncertain; it’s a matter for lawmakers.

When cities remove encampments or restrict aid, street medicine providers must scramble to keep providing healthcare.

Across 21 states, voters will consider proposals to fund affordable housing, ease property taxes, strengthen tenants rights, ...

When organizers in Pittsfield fought for a more compassionate approach to unsheltered homelessness, the city did something rare. It listened. Across the U.S., homelessness has been steadily rising.

The law was designed to boost the nation's supply of housing. But delivering on its promises will depend on at least three things: Congress funding it, a hollowed-out HUD implementing it, and private ...

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 ...

Across the U.S., homelessness has been steadily rising. Federal attacks on Housing First, inadequate funding, and increased criminalization are only making things worse. In this Under the Lens series, ...

In this 90-minute Shelterforce webinar, we’ll shift our lens to the Big Apple. In November 2025, New York City elected democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as its mayor, capturing the imagination of ...

New community ownership tools, although still nascent, are gaining in prominence. Whether structured as diversified funds or direct ownership of retail space, they share a common thread of using local ...

In Evanston, Illinois, and Minneapolis, tenants organized against the same private-equity-backed landlord. In Evanston, the city provided financial support for tenant organizing while Minneapolis did ...