Training AI to Tackle Bias in the Mortgage Industry
As the mortgage industry becomes further automated, can artificial intelligence be trained to avoid replicating historic bias and expand access to loans for excluded borrowers? Some housing advocates are cautiously optimistic.
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Tech Tools Help Tenants Push Back Against Problematic Landlords
We’ve found more than a dozen examples of tenant-serving technology that help renters identify landlords, respond to eviction, fight back against housing discrimination, and more.
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Detroit Says Problems With Property Tax Assessments Are Fixed. Advocates Disagree
With higher-valued properties under assessed and lower-valued properties over assessed, advocates say there’s still a problem with Detroit’s property tax system.
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Missouri Tenants Sue Owners Who They Say Broke Rules in Exiting Tax Credit Program
In Springfield, Missouri, organized tenants have filed a lawsuit against the past and present owners of their tax credit–financed properties, claiming that in exercising an opt-out provision they violated both state and federal requirements.
Tenant Screening: A Billion-Dollar Industry with Little Oversight. What’s Being Done to Protect Renters?
Thousands of companies offer tenant screening tools that promise to make life easier for landlords and property managers. But reports show that the data these companies use is often riddled with errors and relies on information that has no bearing on whether someone will be a good tenant.
Tech’s Rising Influence on Housing
Shelterforce’s Lillian Ortiz explains what you can expect in our new Under the Lens series—How Tech Is Changing Housing.
Good Cause Eviction Policies Don’t Hamper Construction, New Research Shows. Legislators Are Still Concerned.
Multiple states have ongoing pushes for good cause eviction protections. A frequent obstacle: a now disproven claim by developers.
Our Silence Will Not Protect Us
Keeping our heads down and our language inoffensive is not the right response to the times we’re in. Solidarity and courage is.
Porches, Pets, and the People We Grow Old With
Neighborhood connections and animal companions matter to aging with dignity, and how we build can support them. Here’s a human-scale proposal for aging in place.
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Housing as a Public Good: The State of Social Housing Today, a Shelterforce/NPQ webinar
What do we mean by social housing in the United States? How has it worked in the past, and how should it be expanded? Watch “Housing as a Public Good: The State of Housing Today.”
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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?
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Fixing the Housing Crisis Beyond Supply, a Webinar
What are the root causes of the housing crisis and how can we address them?
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The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a Shelterforce Webinar
What is the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and how will it benefit affordable housing residents and community development organizations?