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Reported Article

What Trump’s DEI Orders Could Mean for Housing

The president’s executive orders threaten the funding of a wide range of housing programs in the U.S. Over a dozen federal grantees told us how they’ve been affected, and how they’re planning for an uncertain future.

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Review

Less Visible, But Still Homeless: Workers Who Can’t Afford a Place to Live

A review of Brian Goldstone’s new book, There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

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Reported Article

Trump Wants to Force Homeless People into ‘Tent Cities.’ Can He?

The president pushed for sweeping crackdowns and the possible internment of people experiencing homelessness. To see what’s coming, we should look to what states have already done

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Opinion

Public Lands Can Help Us Tackle the Housing Crisis in the West

The U.S. owns more than 650 million acres of public lands, and it has the power to sell or lease limited parcels for affordable housing. But mass disposal of public lands, as some legislators have proposed, is not the answer.

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Practitioner Voice

We Need a Plan for Decarbonization That Doesn’t Displace Renters

More and more cities and states have plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in housing. Here’s how we can avoid possible harms to renters.

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Opinion

What’s in a Name? Investors vs. Speculators

We don’t often make a clear distinction between investors and speculators, which makes it harder to identify harmful behavior—and to find solutions for it.

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Reported Article

Encampment Residents Thought They’d Found Stability. Why Did Their Lease Fall Apart?

A lease agreement with the city of Sacramento allowed encampment residents to stay indefinitely while they sought permanent housing. When the agreement fell apart, the residents, many of whom are disabled, say they were left without an accessible place to go.

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Reported Article

Federal Funding Freeze Memo Rescinded—But We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet

The day after a judge put a temporary block on a federal funding freeze, the administration rescinded the memo that started it all. Here’s why mixed messaging has left advocates confused–and housing funds in jeopardy.

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Practitioner Voice

Condos—a Key Source of Affordable Housing for Homeowners—Are in Jeopardy

Decades of increasing costs and deferred maintenance could lead to people losing their homes, unless changes are made.

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Reported Article

How Might Tariffs and Deportations Affect Affordable Housing Development?

Many affordable housing developers worry Trump’s proposed taxes on imports and crackdown on immigration will be detrimental to the industry. Others hope deregulation reduces development costs enough to offset those effects. What’s the most likely outcome?

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Explainers

What Is ‘Affordable Housing’?

For such a commonly used term, “affordable housing” means a lot of different things to different people and in different contexts.

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Reported Article

What has Measure ULA Done so Far?

Los Angeles has imposed an additional tax on luxury home sales to generate millions for housing efforts in the city. Shelterforce checks in on where the money has gone, and what’s to come.