Many rural counties in New York rely on hotels for shelter space. A few counties tried an alternative solution.

HUD proposed a rule to ban mixed-status families from public and other federally supported housing. Housing is secure, but a ...

Duke has raised its lowest wage. Community advocates say that's a start, and they are calling for more to be done to help ...

David Morales won the Providence, Rhode Island, mayor’s race with a promise to pass rent stabilization. Along the way, he unseated incumbent Brett Smiley, who’d made strides on city housing policy but ...

Continuing legal action has made homeless services providers' fates uncertain. I've spoken with over 160 of these providers.

Arts programs at one public housing development in Seattle have eased the challenges of redevelopment by helping residents define what the community means to them. For many in the public housing realm ...

Administrators from 55 Continuum of Care sites share their views on how proposed cuts, rapid changes to funding guidelines, and delays are affecting their work.

Older homeowners often fall into a catch-22: too much home equity to qualify for aid, but too little income to comfortably live in their homes. Some housing models aim to bridge that gap. Longer ...

The financial intricacies involved in building affordable housing can be difficult to understand. This explainer breaks down the foundational concepts. Total development cost, or TDC: The summed costs ...

Private equity firms are major players in the rental housing market. Here's how private equity ownership works, how it harms tenants, and the organizing strategies and policy responses that could help ...

In rural Midcoast Maine, nearly one-quarter of $1 million in federal money earmarked for housing was rescinded from a small town after local officials sought to use the funds for a data center. Editor ...

Housing Choice Voucher holders rely on their local housing authority to pay the bulk of their rent. What happens if it isn’t paid? The Housing Choice Voucher program, better known as Section 8, helps ...