Housing

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.

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.

The day after a judge put a temporary block on a federal funding freeze, the administration rescinded the memo that started it all.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.

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

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?

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

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.

Residents have already seen online listings skyrocketing in price—despite laws against such hikes. With fires still raging, LA and Pasadena tenants are demanding protections against rent raises and eviction.

A housing justice lawyer turns the reality of housing court into a searing poem.

The incoming administration’s plans could include taking apart the agency and withdrawing the AFFH rule. What specific changes have been hinted at and how easily might they be accomplished?

What are the root causes of the housing crisis and how can we address them?

Our original reporting about dangerous proposals, property insurance woes, and other threats to affordable housing (and what we can do about them) were some of our most-read stories of the year.