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Federal Policy

The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a Shelterforce Webinar

What is the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and how will it benefit affordable housing residents and community development organizations?

HUD

Trump Picks Scott Turner to Lead HUD

Turner has recently been focused on education policy, but worked on Opportunity Zones under the first Trump administration.

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HUD

Who Could Lead HUD Under a Second Trump Administration?

The president-elect’s cabinet picks so far have been controversial, often alarming. What might that mean for housing?

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Tenant Organizing

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.

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Housing

Housing on the Ballot

We’ve tracked down almost three dozen housing-related ballot measures that will be up for vote on Nov. 5. With billions at stake, those measures could be a boon—or a bust—for affordable housing efforts across the U.S.

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Opinion

How Can We Reform Property Insurance to Adapt to Climate Change?

Climate change is fueling more frequent and extreme disasters, and insurance companies are responding by dropping communities and raising premiums. Here’s what an equitable, reformed property insurance model would look like.

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Housing

Housing Groups Weigh in on Harris’s and Trump’s Housing Plans

How well do the presidential candidates’ proposals address the growing housing crisis? Housing advocacy groups share their thoughts and criticisms of the plans (or lack thereof).

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Opinion

The Government-Sponsored Enterprise that Turned Away from Its Housing Mission

In recent decades, the Federal Home Loan Bank system has strayed from its original purpose—lending to support housing. We want to change that.

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Opinion

SCOTUS Hamstrings Federal Agencies, a Blow to Housing and Health Equity

The Supreme Court has overturned the legal precedent Chevron deference. Without the authority to interpret ambiguities in regulations, the critical work of HHS and HUD could suffer.

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Housing

Where the Harris, Trump Campaigns Stand on Housing

Here’s how each candidate has responded to (or ignored) five key housing issues: low supply, accessible homeownership, tenant protections, rent control, and homelessness.

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HUD

How Project 2025 Would Dismantle HUD

The Heritage Foundation’s “conservative playbook” isn’t new, but critics say the latest version’s policies and platforms are more discriminatory and dangerous than in the past.

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From the Field

How a Dallas Housing Coalition Won Bonds for Affordable Housing

Dallas’s bonds aren’t usually used for housing. A new coalition of advocates changed that.