City redevelopment subsidies siphon tens of billions of dollars away from public services nationwide. Here are some ways, based on what has worked in Chicago, to fight back. In every state across the ...

The Family Self-Sufficiency Program has benefits and potential that make the program worth funding—despite the administration ...

A tenant organizing push in the Twin Cities has support from labor unions representing more than 25,000 workers. Shelterforce is an independent publication that serves (and sometimes challenges) ...

Organizer Erika Castro has turned the barriers she faced early in life into a pathway for leadership and immigration rights ...

Zoning reforms have divided NY's tenant advocates. Loosening the city’s anti-housing regime is essential for building social ...

As federal funding for homelessness programs is threatened, housing advocates are combining large-scale research and case-level data to show why supportive housing works—and why it matters. Federal ...

Conversations on housing costs often focus on zoning rules. But two new studies say declining affordability is due far more to rising income inequality than short supply. Community development ...

To protect themselves from ICE, many families are staying home from work; tenant organizers in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Los Angeles are pushing for eviction moratoriums to keep them safe. Taylor Kohn ...

A growing movement is reshaping how people work and live together. Our new Solidarity Corner column highlights these practices—and explains why they matter. In this new monthly column, I hope to ...

Learn the stories of two communities where Black homes were destroyed, and see the vision community members have of a future Oakland. The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is showing Black Spaces: ...