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In this webinar, we examine what a solidarity economy approach is, what its principles are, how these principles are being applied presently, and how they might be applied more broadly to support housing justice and transformative economic change.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guarantee most U.S. home loans, which is supposed to make homeownership widely accessible. But is this happening? In this webinar, three field leaders argue that these government-sponsored enterprises need to step up with new products and services to expand access to homeownership.

DeShanda Williams and Nikea Ward have spent their careers supporting young people in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, helping them move from instability to safety through housing, trust, and consistent support.

Community organizer Erika Castro has turned the barriers she faced early in life into a pathway for leadership and immigration rights advocacy. This video is part of Shelterforce’s Women of Color on the Front Lines series.

What makes a home habitable? What makes habitability laws successful? In this webinar, an organizer in New Orleans and a representative from a nonprofit working with communities across the country affected by vacancy and abandonment share their perspectives.

A tenant opportunity to purchase act (TOPA) is a policy that gives tenants some specific rights when their building goes up for sale. Learn what it covers and what it doesn’t in this video.

A dive into some promising new approaches to both funding community ownership and building out an ecosystem that supports its sustainability.

Shelterforce’s Shelby R. King participated in a virtual forum, “Prospects for Affordable Housing Under the Trump Administration,” on Thursday, July 31.

What do we mean by social housing in the United States? How has it worked in the past, and how should it be expanded? Watch “Housing as a Public Good: The State of Housing Today.”

What are the root causes of the housing crisis and how can we address them?

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

We chat with Housing Narrative Lab’s Marisol Bello about the general election and how housing advocates can better tell their stories, no matter the outcome of the election.