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Community development relies on policies, resources, and recognition that were won by decades of organizing—and organizing remains essential to face new threats, preserve existing wins, and continue to fight back against the big lie that the way things are is inevitable.
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Could Massachusetts Get Rent Control Back After a 32-Year Ban?
In Massachusetts, the collection of more than 124,000 signatures makes it likely that a statewide rent control measure will be on the ballot in November.
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A Missouri Tenant Union’s Fight Against Millennia Housing
In Springfield, Missouri, senior and disabled tenants at one Millennia affordable housing building say they’ve gone about a year without a working elevator, but their organizing has gotten the city to threaten receivership if it’s not fixed soon.
Photos: In Over a Dozen Cities, Housing Activists Connect HUD Cuts and Local Issues
We share images from six of the cities around the country where members of three national organizing networks took action on May 20 to protest cuts to federal housing funding and lift up local solutions.
Supreme Court Considers Landlord Appeal That Could Overturn Tenant Protections
A legal case claiming that COVID-era eviction moratoriums were unconstitutional could spell trouble for tenant protections
In the Trump 2.0 Era, ‘Organizing Is the Antidote’
Tenant organizers and advocates say the only way to protect communities is to stay the course—organizing for housing rights, tenant protections, and political power.
The Climate Crisis Hits Tenants Hardest. They’re Fighting Back.
From California to North Carolina, tenants are organizing to demand protections from natural disasters.
In Barcelona, Rent Control Shows Promise—But Short Term Rentals Limit Progress
It’s been a year since Catalunya implemented rent control. How well is it working, and why have tenants rallied for more protections?
There’s a Community Oversight Fight Brewing in the Bronx
After organizing and giving input for decades, the community around the Kingsbridge Armory might actually see it redeveloped—and they want to continue to have a say in how it goes.
How We Organized to Keep Mobile Home Park Residents in Their Homes
After residents got notice that their mobile home park was going up for sale, advocates made use of a Virginia law that required the owners to consider a resident-supported counteroffer.
Trump, Homelessness, and the Road Ahead, a Webinar
The Trump administration’s policies are putting homelessness services at risk. How can housing advocates respond to those threats?
Time’s Running Out. Striking Kansas City Tenants Want the Government to Act.
Kansas City tenants launched a rent strike in October. With a new administration coming into office, it might be too late for a federal rent cap—but they’re still pushing for better conditions.
Shelterforce’s Top 10 Stories of 2024
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.
Florida Organizers Look for Ways to Help Tenants Despite a Hostile State Government
A law prohibiting localities from passing stronger tenant-landlord laws than the state’s severely hampers tenant organizing and advocacy—but it doesn’t prevent it.