Kingston Agreed the Rent Was Too Damn High—So It Lowered It
Rent stabilization typically limits the amount that rent can go up every year—but a newly appointed rent guidelines board in Kingston, N.Y., took it a step further.
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LA Tenants Union Founders Call on Renters to Fight Back
Tracy Rosenthal and Leo Vilchis talk about their new book, “Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can End the Housing Crisis,” their victories and struggles within the tenant movement, and some lessons for others fighting for change.
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SCOTUS Hamstrings Federal Agencies, a Blow to Housing and Health Equity
The Supreme Court has overturned the legal precedent Chevron deference. Without the authority to interpret ambiguities in regulations, the critical work of HHS and HUD could suffer.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Laws that give tenants the ability to purchase their own apartments are popping up across the country. In this webinar, a panel of folks who have been reporting on, fighting for, and using these policies offer their perspectives on this powerful anti-displacement tool.
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Her Story, Her Power in Community Development: A Shelterforce Webinar
Five women from diverse backgrounds who span the country—Missouri, New Mexico, Hawaii, California, and Texas—got together with Shelterforce to talk about the community development field and their work in it.
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LIHTC: Are Little Changes Enough? A Shelterforce Webinar
There are reforms and expansions of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit afoot. But some in the field argue that we need to change the tax credit model of financing housing more deeply—or move away from it entirely. Join scholars and organizers as they discuss these issues and explore a path forward.
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Getting to More Accessible, Affordable, Inclusive Housing, a Shelterforce Webinar
Four disability advocates and experts explain what’s needed to house Americans with disabilities and some of the work that’s being done to get there.