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Reported Article

Blocked, Restored, Blocked Again—Housing Funds Are in Legal Limbo

Since Trump took office, the administration has blocked multiple affordable housing funding streams. Here’s a look at which funds have been frozen, which have been reinstated, and which are in the courts.

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Trump’s First 100 Days: What’s Happened with Housing?

We’ve compiled a roundup of the major housing and community development–related actions and changes we’ve seen so far in Trump’s second term.

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The Government Didn’t Pay My Rent. Now What?

Housing Choice Voucher holders rely on their local housing authority to pay the bulk of their rent. What happens if it isn’t paid?

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Reported Article

How Social Housing Won in Seattle, Despite a Flood of Big Tech Money

Voters chose to provide a new social housing development authority with the funding it needs to succeed—despite opposition from the mayor and tech corporations.

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Practitioner Voice

How Education and Housing Advocates Worked Together to Win More Rental Assistance

In Maryland, parents and school leaders joined with housing advocates to win additional rental assistance, targeted to families in the state’s community schools.

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Practitioner Voice

The Climate Crisis Hits Tenants Hardest. They’re Fighting Back.

From California to North Carolina, tenants are organizing to demand protections from natural disasters.

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In Barcelona, Rent Control Shows Promise—But Short Term Rentals Limit Progress

It’s been a year since Catalunya implemented rent control. How well is it working, and why have tenants rallied for more protections?

Opinion

In New Jersey, Pivotal Affordable Housing Decision Turns 50

The Mount Laurel Doctrine is credited with helping to create 75,000 affordable homes in New Jersey. But, of course, it hasn’t been a simple panacea either.

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Opinion

Six Reasons Why Housing Is a Human Right

A law professor explains why housing should be—and someday might be—considered a human right in the United States.

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Practitioner Voice

How We Organized to Keep Mobile Home Park Residents in Their Homes

After residents got notice that their mobile home park was going up for sale, advocates made use of a Virginia law that required the owners to consider a resident-supported counteroffer.

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Reported Article

Section 8 Under Trump: How Policy Uncertainty Is Affecting Affordable Housing

As Trump reshapes the federal landscape, Housing Choice Voucher recipients, landlords, and administrators brace for potential funding cuts and fiscal chaos.

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HUD Funding Uncertainty Is Already Changing These People’s Lives

From a disabled supportive housing resident set to lose her apartment to homeless service providers awaiting frozen funds, those affected by HUD cutbacks tell us what’s at stake.