In Cambridge, Mass., residents speak positively of the renovations to their public housing stock. The housing authority ...

In the memoir Staking Our Claim, Pat Morrissy talks about the early days of Shelterforce, organizing for rent control laws in NJ towns, and supporting tenant leaders in their fights for better homes.

A Massachusetts initiative uncovers how fragmented programs make healthy homes harder to achieve—and helps local leaders ...

A program started in Roswell, New Mexico, has gone statewide. Here's how Rehab-2-Rental works, and what's to come.

Housing with preconditions means more people will cycle through shelters, jails, and the streets, fueling efforts to criminalize homelessness instead of solving it.

The OZ program unleashed billions in private capital. Whether it lifts neighborhoods or just investors hinges on who’s steering the money and how well they can navigate the system. Now that Congress ...

An enduring vision for many people across the country is to collectively own local land and buildings, thus controlling how those properties are used and who benefits from them. It’s a way for people ...

There are sometimes audible gasps in a room as Richard Rothstein talks about his book, The Color of Law, and the United States government’s work to create, encourage, and enforce racial segregation in ...

This Under the Lens series explores the growing use of technology in the housing world. Can the proper guardrails be put in place so “innovative” tools don’t make the housing crisis worse? Top ...

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 ...

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Kennell Staten saw Walker Courts as his best path out of homelessness, he said. The complex had ...