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A legal case claiming that COVID-era eviction moratoriums were unconstitutional could spell trouble for tenant protections
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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 […]
Homelessness Is Falling Despite Worsening Conditions. Why?
Editor’s Note: The following are excerpts from the keynote speech given by Nan Roman, the executive director of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, during a conference in July. On […]
Say What, Washington Post? Declining Homeownership Rates Aren’t a Good Thing
On Aug. 3, The Washington Post published a remarkable opinion piece by Charles Lane, one of the paper’s editorial writers, which fits squarely into the Post’s narrative about the perniciousness […]
Could an Anti-Homelessness Program Also Stabilize Affordable Housing Supply?
Periodically in the affordable housing world, a few of us acknowledge the fact that the vast majority of low-income people live in unsubsidized rental units located within one- to four-unit […]
Give Housing Vouchers Their Full Power
A proposed rule change for the use of federal Housing Choice Vouchers would greatly improve the chance that housing vouchers will do what they are supposed to do: Provide low […]