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Busy scene of striking tenants, of mixed ages and skin tones, most holding signs. Signs say "Stop landlord greed/Unionize" and "Every tenant deserves a union" and "Not one cent for the slumlords." Others are round "universal no" signs showing rodents, broken staircases, flooded bathrooms.
Reported Article

Could This Rolling Rent Strike Make the Feds Protect Tenants?

Organizers aim to catalyze a crisis to pressure a major federal housing regulator to lock in tenant protections.

View from across the street of three 1950s-style working class bungalows. No people or cars are in the photo.
Homeownership

House Poor: Low-Income Homeowners Struggle in the Shadows

While renters and homebuyers’ challenges dominate the headlines, they aren’t the only ones wrestling with maintaining decent housing.

A row of about 10 people with other people behind them, most in blue T-shirts and holding up hand-drawn posters saying "Keep Dallas Affordable," "Affordable Housing 4 Veterans," "Todos Mereden Vivienda," and a few others with messages not readable at camera distance.
Practitioner Voice

How a Dallas Housing Coalition Won Bonds for Affordable Housing

Dallas’s bonds aren’t usually used for housing. A new coalition of advocates changed that.

About 25 people in a range of skin tones pose for a photo, all smiling. Most are in cool-weather jackets and two wear surgical masks. A woman at right is wearing a plastic apron. Behind the group are hand-done posters with messages of kindness and love.
Reported Article

What Started as Emergency Housing Could Offer a Model for Ending Homelessness in Delaware

Four years ago, New Castle County bought a hotel to provide safe housing for its most vulnerable residents. That property evolved away from purely emergency housing to a very different, more holistic, model of care.

Aerial view of the capital city of Montpelier, Vermont. Leaves in bright fall colors, and three church spires among the small-city houses and building of brick and clapboard.
Reported Article

States Are Using This Tool to Keep LIHTC Housing Affordable for Longer

Some state finance agencies are using qualified allocation plans, or QAPs, to extend affordability of LIHTC housing beyond 30 years and increase tenant protections. Here’s a look at where it’s happening.

Opinion

We’re Approaching Social Housing Wrong

Components common to most U.S. social housing proposals are bound to replicate problems we already have.

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