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NIMBY, or Not? What’s Going on in New York City?
Housing policy practitioners outside of New York City are often surprised that our local struggles are, compared to other parts of the country, less likely to be dominated by NIMBY […]
The Danger of Middle-Income People Feeling the Affordability Crisis
The housing affordability crunch is being felt by ever more people. As this year's State of the Nation's Housing report found: While the share of renters facing cost burdens has […]
Think Scattered Site Rehab Is Too Expensive? Think Again.
Vacant properties are so persistent in part because it’s too expensive to do anything with them. At least that’s the assumption. It’s much simpler, goes this reasoning, and more cost-effective, to construct and manage a new multifamily building than to try to rehab and manage single-family homes spread over a wide area. But what if that’s just not true?
A New Perspective on Housing Tenure
Those of us who work in housing and housing policy know how complicated housing tenure can be. The most common forms of tenure, which describes the legal status under which […]
No Going Back to Segregation After Landmark Texas Fair Housing Case
As a Texas houser and fair housing advocate, I have been an anxious and interested outside observer of the long-running fair housing lawsuit in my state. The U.S. Supreme Court’s […]
“Your Lease Should Be Next to Your Bible,” #RentersDayofAction
This Tuesday, advocates took to the microphone on the steps of Newark City Hall and spoke passionately about the city they love and their right to live there without threat […]
Let’s Get Rid of the Words “Property” and “Manager”
One of my first jobs as a young housing professional in the 1980s at a local public housing authority was to support site staff, both property managers and social workers, […]
A New Paradigm for California Transit: Equity, Sustainability, and Housing
Across the country, inequity is a defining issue of our time, and in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area, the examples are stark. According to the Brookings Institution, […]
From Barracks to Apartments: Serving Vets in Transition
As regular readers of Shelterforce know, with the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, Congress provided $75 million to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to create the […]
A Non-Profit Housing Acquisition Program Could Protect The Displaced
In a recent post on my website, I wrote about the need for a new affordable housing policy—one that targets the 99 percent of housing already built and operating, rather […]
As Affordability Worsens, State and Local Governments Act on their Own
While local and state resources are increasingly stepping up as federal funding continues to be strained, it remains a question as to whether these actions and resources will be enough to meet affordable housing needs.
Housing Groups Should Expand to Repair Work to Help Seniors Age in Place
Before school Oliver used to collect baskets of wood that his father would sell. That was his way of contributing to the effort of saving money for a lot on […]