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As home prices continue to fall, the notion that the real estate market will allow for lower-income families to secure affordable housing increases. But it's not so cut and dried. How much a home costs is only one of many factors when determining affordability. In March 2012, Shelterforce hosted a roundtable discussion featuring leading research and policy experts to explore those various components of affordability looking at just how the housing crisis changed the affordable housing landscape in the United States.

Confused by the acronyms and initials dotting your reading material? All fields have them, and housing is no exception. Here’s what many of the most common mean.

Alvivon Hurd remembers when no one with means lived in downtown Los Angeles. Especially not white people. “For 30 years you only saw ...

Though the need is greater than ever for resale-restricted, affordable homes, the growth of this model of homeownership appears to be limited.

Diving into the issue of exclusionary practices that have exacerbated the housing crisis and offering some policy solutions.

Direct action protest tactics for affordable housing can support efforts of lobbying groups.

Inclusionary zoning and economic integration in suburban neighborhoods not only reduces concentration of poverty, it directly improves low-income children’s academic achievement. 

The supply of affordable housing in the San Francisco Bay Area is expected to increase in the next five years because of an innovative...

We now have a unique opportunity, generated by a combination of life-threatening conditions and focused political will stemming from the Black Lives Matter movement, to re-prioritize local housing policies and resources.

What do Saul Alinsky, Students for a Democratic Society, HUD, and the Housing and Community Development Department of Fairfax County, Virginia, have in common? Conrad...

The meager supply of affordable housing is a major contributor to housing's high cost, yet the policy tools to address the shortfall often seem to worsen the problem. But this is because they ignore the underlying infrastructure and financing to support growth.

Proposed state bill in Massachusetts boosts housing production, helps end exclusionary zoning.

A single development with an intentional income mix involves very specific challenges—both in its design and its management.

Is it more important to have mixed-income buildings, or to give more people access to mixed-income neighborhoods?

As housing becomes ever more urgent an issue, California's model for running a statewide ballot campaign offers insights to organizations around the nation.

Inclusionary housing policies can help with a lot of the issues that many cities and towns struggle with these days, from the dwindling supply of affordable rental options in hot housing markets to the need for a fairer housing market that includes real location choices for lower-income households. These policies, which ask developers to include […]

In California, municipalities are required by law to plan for their fair share of affordable housing. Has this put housing advocates out of a...

Now that the 2017 election season has concluded, here is a recap of their outcomes, and where affordable housing policy could go in some cities.

Amid a housing crisis in California, legislators last week approved a historic package of bills that will shape the future of housing policy in...

It might seem like 10, or even 30, years is a long time to require affordability—until it’s over and your public investment is lost.