Shelter Shorts

HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson’s departure failed to dispel concerns about his conduct in office that led to multiple ethics investigations.

Public schools are taking hits as districts funded by local property taxes experience higher levels of foreclosures, says a report.

A Dallas-based civil-rights group is charging the largest affordable-housing rental program in Texas with perpetuating racial segregation.

David & Joyce Dinkins Gardens, an exclusively green, $19.5-million, 85-unit affordable-housing complex, has opened in Manhattan’s Harlem.

Couples seeking divorce are finding that breaking up is, indeed, hard to do — particularly during the recent slump in the housing market. Janell Weinstein, a family-law attorney and legal […]

They say leaving home ain’t easy, but some homeowners in Florida find they have no other options. More and more homeowners are finding ways to leave their mortgages, hoping to […]

Over the past 30 years, you’ve come to expect vital information and in-depth analysis of important issues affecting the affordable housing and community revitalization movements. We are committed to providing […]

A community of 14 domes that housed about 30 homeless people in the shadow of the Staples Center in Los Angeles was for sale on eBay this fall. Designed by […]

Thanks in good part to a change in leadership, the federal Office of Thrift Supervision announced in September that it is reversing its regressive 2005 decision to cut CRA enforcement. […]

It seems that HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson has been heard urging his staff to steer contracts toward people who like President Bush. But since an investigation by HUD’s inspector general […]

Chinese bloggers called it a “nail house”—a private home in the Chinese city of Chongqing that became a thorn in the side of local authorities and big-business interests. Its owners, […]

Pity the poor media consumer. It’s nigh-on impossible to understand the burgeoning mortgage crisis rippling through communities around the country if you’re relying on the mainstream press to give you […]