From the Field

Kensington Corridor Trust manages dozens of properties, including affordable rental and commercial spaces, as part of its goal to revitalize the commercial corridor—but the group says who makes the decisions is more important than what decisions are made.

While affordable housing with some office space for nonprofits is relatively common, in Redmond, Washington, a group of human services organizations went the other way: they rebuilt their collective office space and added housing.

The results benefit residents, neighbors, and the organizations themselves.

Supportive housing residents are getting older. In an era of reduced funding for nursing home care, occupational therapy can help them age in place.

Keeping our heads down and our language inoffensive is not the right response to the times we’re in. Solidarity and courage is.

Neighborhood connections and animal companions matter to aging with dignity, and how we build can support them. Here’s a human-scale proposal for aging in place.

A legal case claiming that COVID-era eviction moratoriums were unconstitutional could spell trouble for tenant protections

In Maryland, parents and school leaders joined with housing advocates to win additional rental assistance, targeted to families in the state’s community schools.

From California to North Carolina, tenants are organizing to demand protections from natural disasters.

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.

Should monthly charges be pegged to the cost of financing, developing, and operating housing, or to household income? Or are there other ways to design how rent is calculated?

More and more cities and states have plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in housing. Here’s how we can avoid possible harms to renters.