Opinion

We can upkeep homes without punishing low-income residents. Here are some lessons for change, and cities already doing that work on the ground.

Housing with preconditions means more people will cycle through shelters, jails, and the streets, fueling efforts to criminalize homelessness instead of solving it.

As homeowners’ insurance companies and lenders increasingly factor climate risk into their business strategies, communities may see a resurgence of racial and economic exclusion that mimics redlining. But our hands aren’t tied—we can do something about it.

If we tie rent regulation to income, we lose the policy’s benefits for neighborhoods and their residents.

Racial bias in appraisals is still a problem—but there are steps we can take to fight back. Philadelphia’s reforms are a model to follow.

Housing is fundamental to healthy families and communities. That’s why we must fight for policies that treat public housing as essential as roadways and schools.

In a time when many organizations are trying to adapt their messaging to reach a wider audience—which can be done—it’s important to look to the research to avoid some pitfalls along the way.

The tax bill includes a significant expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. However, its other provisions, especially cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, are so harmful that the affordable housing field should not be celebrating.

HUD’s new website is missing many of the resources that users relied on, including much of its archived content. Here’s a look at what’s changed.

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.

The Mount Laurel Doctrine is credited with helping to create 75,000 affordable homes in New Jersey. But, of course, it hasn’t been a simple panacea either.