Six Reasons Why Housing Is a Human Right
A law professor explains why housing should beโand someday might beโconsidered a human right in the United States.
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DOGE Undermines Anti-Discrimination Protections in Housing With More Cuts
HUD is attempting to withdraw more than half of its grants to the private organizations that educate about and enforce housing-related anti-discrimination laws.
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How We Organized to Keep Mobile Home Park Residents in Their Homes
After residents got notice that their mobile home park was going up for sale, advocates made use of a Virginia law that required the owners to consider a resident-supported counteroffer.
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HUD Funding Uncertainty Is Already Changing These Peopleโs Lives
From a disabled supportive housing resident set to lose her apartment to homeless service providers awaiting frozen funds, those affected by HUD cutbacks tell us whatโs at stake.
Mission-Driven or Profit-Driven? Enterpriseโs Hidden Role in Mobile Home Park Purchases
Despite Enterprise Community Partnersโ majority voting stake in Bellwether Enterprise, the nonprofit lender long insisted it couldnโt address its subsidiary commercial mortgage lenderโs questionable lending for mobile home park purchases.
Trump, Homelessness, and the Road Ahead, a Webinar
The Trump administration’s policies are putting homelessness services at risk. How can housing advocates respond to those threats?
โAnti-Displacement Toolโ to Direct City Funding to Projects that Wonโt Price Out Residents
After a years-long, tenant-led effort, Louisville will use a new tool to analyze whether a proposed housing development can meet a neighborhoodโs housing needs and income levels. If it doesnโt, the city wonโt subsidize it.
Manufactured Crisis: Losing the Nationโs Largest Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing
Manufactured housing communities have long been an affordable housing option for millions of people living in the U.S., but that affordability is disappearing rapidly. How did we get here?
What Makes Rent ‘Fair’
Should monthly charges be pegged to the cost of financing, developing, and operating housing, or to household income? Or are there other ways to design how rent is calculated?
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Co-op Ownership of Mobile Home Communities, A Webinar
There’s a growing number of manufactured housing owners who are joining together to buy their mobile home parks. We chat with residents, advocates, and technical assistance providers about the ins and outs of buying land together.