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Targeting First-Generation Homebuyers Is a Great Way to Direct Downpayment Assistance—And It Could Be Better
The proposed program could shrink the racial homeownership gap while serving a wide cross-section of people. But it only addresses some of the results of past discrimination.
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Legitimate Debate or Short-Sighted Complaints? 5 Reasons Affordable Housing Is Expensive to Build
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.
How the New CRA Rule Will Help, and Where It Falls Short
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.
How ‘Tenant Stewards’ Are Using TOPA to Form a Co-op
Organized by a pandemic-era mutual aid group, this housing cooperative is taking advantage of D.C.’s pioneering Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act. But the pressure of paying back a loan with mounting interest could stymie the group’s plans to provide affordable housing.
Q: What Does ‘Community Benefit’ Mean?
A: This term means different things to people in the health sector and the community development or organizing sectors, which can get confusing.
What’s Driving Homelessness? It’s Not Immigration and It’s Not Opioids.
Homelessness rose by 12 percent between 2022 and 2023. Blaming drug use and immigration for the increase distracts us from the real causes.
Instead of Demolishing, Hospital Lets Homeless Coalition Relocate Houses
When a Wisconsin health care system needed to clear space for a parking lot, it sold the homes for $1 and donated land to move them to.
A Fifth of This Town’s Homes Were Saved from Demolition—And Kept Affordable
The decision to demolish Wellston’s public housing had already been made when residents and the mayor decided to fight for it, but persistence, luck, and a financing structure with some unusual twists brought them back from the brink.
Meet Me at the Intersection of Housing, with Guest Lisa Rice
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.
Q: What Are the Three Major Types of Community- or Resident-Controlled Housing and How Do They Work?
There’s a lot of momentum toward resident-controlled housing. Do you know the three major forms it takes?
Coastal Oregon County Tackles ‘Urban Scale’ Housing Issues
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.
Shelterforce’s Top 10 Stories of 2023
What were the biggest Shelterforce stories of the year? We count down the top 10 of 2023.
How to Really Reform the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
Adding more credits and making tweaks do not actually address some of the major weaknesses of the program. We should be bolder.