Opinion

Grassroots organizers have used the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule to strengthen communities in the past. These examples show what we should advocate for in a new AFFH rule. 

Because their programs provide the most deeply affordable housing in the country, public housing authorities should be both supported in improving fair housing outcomes and held to account when they fall short.

After the population of unhoused people in Bangor increased during the pandemic, the city put forward a series of affordable housing solutions. But the new policies may harm unhoused residents rather than help them.

Reaction to the housing crisis in California has led to a series of gains for tenants, including a new Renters’ Caucus.

Avian flu gave companies cover to price gouge. Could the attention to lack of housing supply do the same for landlords?

In a racist society, markets cause racist housing outcomes, but nonetheless the influence of land use regulation shouldn’t be ignored.

Climate change is an especially large threat to low-income residents. The Inflation Reduction Act offers a chance to act.

What should we make of the administration’s tenants rights announcement?

Local governments often come to different conclusions about how to address homelessness within their respective city borders. Varying approaches only exacerbate the problem.

Atlantic Yards demonstrates that developers’ promises must be backed up in contracts, otherwise economic and political cycles can undermine them. 

Policymakers and building designers have gone from pushing for energy efficiency to focusing on reducing carbon emissions by using more electrical-based systems. What are some of the benefits and challenges of going all-electric, and how can affordable housers move forward?

Fair housing testers often go undercover to expose discriminatory housing practices, but laws prohibiting recording conversations hamper investigations