Development should come with affordability. Here's the case for inclusionary housing, and why opponents aren't seeing the ...

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

Years ago, officials in dozens of cities showed interest in alternatives to the traditional security deposit. That momentum ...

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 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 decade after city officials promised to cut flood risks in the Edgemere neighborhood, critics say it remains just as vulnerable. Baba Ndanani has lived in one of New York City’s most flood-prone ...

Americans are struggling more than ever to find and maintain housing they can afford. The climate crisis is only making things worse. In this series, Shelterforce takes a deeper look at the ...

Housing problems like mildew, lead, unheated homes, and more plague low-income homeowners and renters alike—and many of these issues are only growing with time. What laws have housing advocates pushed ...

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

After learning it was one of the city’s most prolific evictors, a for-profit affordable housing provider created a tenant retention program that’s being touted as a model for other developers. An ...

The Heritage Foundation’s “conservative playbook” isn’t new, but critics say the latest version’s policies and platforms are more discriminatory and dangerous than in the past. In anticipation of a ...