More and more cities and states have plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in housing. Here's how we can avoid possible ...

Shelterforce has been at the forefront of affordable housing and community development, championing stories of resilience, innovation, and advocacy that have shaped communities across the nation.

We don’t often make a clear distinction between investors and speculators, which makes it harder to identify harmful behavior ...

After a judge blocked a federal funding freeze, the Trump administration rescinded a memo that started it all.

President Trump’s order that would freeze already-appropriated federal funding has been delayed until Feb. 3. The order has ...

A lease agreement with the city of Sacramento let encampment residents stay indefinitely while they sought permanent housing.

Decades of increasing costs and deferred maintenance could lead to condo owners losing their homes, unless changes are made.

Many affordable housing developers worry Trump’s proposed taxes on imports and crackdown on immigration will be detrimental to the industry. Others hope deregulation reduces development costs enough ...

Shelterforce is celebrating 50 years of dedication to housing, community development, and social justice. This milestone anniversary presents a unique opportunity for sponsors to align with our ...

Miriam Axel-Lute is CEO/editor-in-chief of Shelterforce. She lives in Albany, New York, and is a proud small-city aficionado.

For such a commonly used term, “affordable housing” means a lot of different things to different people and in different contexts. At the most basic level, housing is “affordable” if, after you pay ...