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A Historic Black Memphis Neighborhood Turns to a CLT to Avoid Displacement

June 9, 2026 | Laurie Mazur

A former hub of Black-owned businesses in North Memphis that suffered urban renewal seeks to rebuild without a new wave of displacement. Can a community land trust strike that balance?

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Equity

Common Homelessness Assessment Leads to Racial Disparities in Housing Placements

March 7, 2024 | Angely Mercado

Intake questions about past evictions and mental health stopped families of color from accessing long-term housing support, but agencies in Arizona and elsewhere are asking new questions.

Equity

From Local Organizer to Housing Commissioner: Seila Mosquera-Bruno

March 6, 2024 | Shelterforce

Seila Mosquera-Bruno’s story is one of resilience. Arriving in the U.S. as a single mother at 24, she is now Connecticut’s commissioner of housing. This video is part of Shelterforce’s Women of Color on the Front Lines series.

Image description: Webinar title “Getting to More Accessible, Affordable, Inclusive Housing" in a yellow banner.Below, from left to right are headshots of the speakers: Anita Cameron a woman with brown skin and dredlocks, Chelsea Hayman, a woman with pale skin, straight light-brown hair and glasses, Hunter Herrera-McFarland, a woman with long straight black hair, dark-framed glasses and light skin, Shelly Richardson, a woman with short reddish hair, clear-framed glasses, and Miriam Axel-Lute, a woman with curly dark medium-length hair, angular purple glasses and earrings.

Disability

Getting to More Accessible, Affordable, Inclusive Housing, a Shelterforce Webinar

March 1, 2024 | Miriam Axel-Lute

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.

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From the Field

Low-Income Residents of Inclusionary Housing Report Facing More Bias

February 16, 2024 | Alexandra Curley, Judith Gonyea, Colette Ngana and Alyssa Nickell

A survey of Cambridge, Massachusetts, residents found that residents of affordable units in inclusionary housing properties reported frequently experiencing bias, especially from management. Here’s how we can change that.

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Housing

An Unlikely Collaboration—Real Estate Agent Joins Community Organization to Help Voucher Holders

February 9, 2024 | Damaly Gonzalez

They’ve helped more than 100 New York City renters fight source-of-income discrimination and find housing. How did this partnership begin and what lessons can they offer others?

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Opinion

Legitimate Debate or Short-Sighted Complaints? 5 Reasons Affordable Housing Is Expensive to Build

February 2, 2024 | Miriam Axel-Lute

There’s no denying that affordable housing can be expensive to build. But we need to look at the long-term benefits of those investments to see the bigger picture.

View from the street of a bank built in 1917. From the photographer: The building features a red brick exterior with terra cotta trim, decorative panels with Sullivanesque detailing, Sullivanesque trim, a decorative mosaic in the tympanum below the arch above the front entrance with the word “Thrift” in gold lettering in the middle of an expanse of blue tile and decorative white, cream, green, purple, red, and orange tile accents, decorative metal lettering on the facade above the arch displaying the words “The People’s Federal Savings & Loan Assn." ... Gargoyles above the pilasters framing the front entrance, fixed glass windows at the corners, brass double doors.

From the Field

How the New CRA Rule Will Help, and Where It Falls Short

February 1, 2024 | Kevin Hill

The assessments that evaluate a bank’s lending practices have improved, but there are several missed opportunities for reform. For one, the new rules won’t incorporate a racial analysis into lending examinations.

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Interview

Meet Me at the Intersection of Housing, with Guest Lisa Rice

January 12, 2024 | Schlonn Hawkins

The president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance talks with Shelterforce about new challenges in the affordable housing landscape, the role of AI in promoting fair housing, and powerful tools driving the fight for housing justice.

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Housing

Coastal Oregon County Tackles ‘Urban Scale’ Housing Issues

January 2, 2024 | Claire Carlson

Tourist-dependent Clatsop County, population 41,000, has the highest rate of homelessness in Oregon. A project to convert a hotel into housing units for health care workers and the unhoused is a step in the right direction, leaders say.