Frances Nguyen

Tenant organizers and advocates say the only way to protect communities is to stay the course—organizing for housing rights, tenant protections, and political power.

As the housing crisis deepens, interest in faith-based development is spreading across the country. How do “Yes In God’s Backyard (YIGBY)” zoning laws work, where are they being implemented or introduced, and what could it mean for communities and churches?

Insurance carriers have dramatically raised premiums or even canceled policies on affordable housing providers, according to survey results.

The pandemic reminded us how education and housing affect each other. Now some advocates are fighting to make sure no one forgets it.

How well do the presidential candidates’ proposals address the growing housing crisis? Housing advocacy groups share their thoughts and criticisms of the plans (or lack thereof).

Here’s how each candidate has responded to (or ignored) five key housing issues: low supply, accessible homeownership, tenant protections, rent control, and homelessness.

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.

Programs that offer reentry housing for formerly incarcerated people often replicate jail or prison settings. How can housing providers do better?

Ithaca became the latest city to opt into New York’s new Good Cause Eviction Law. What are tenant organizers doing to make the law work better for their communities?

Who gets to benefit from neighborhood revitalization efforts, and at what cost?

Ohio’s largest conservation land trust has been accused of purchasing a manufactured housing community with the very intention of closing it, evicting more than 100 households in the process. But proponents of the park’s closure say the land’s failing infrastructure—and the benefit the property will bring to an entire city—is what forced the decision.