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A number of leadership organizations and initiatives–from large to small–are working to bring about greater economic opportunity in the food system and improve access to healthy food, focusing specifically on communities of color.

The danger of unwelcoming neighbors should not be underestimated.

Public comment is open through Aug. 5 on proposed Community Reinvestment Act rule changes. They are worlds better than the Trump-era proposal. Why are some advocates still disappointed?

Between 2011 and 2022, the number of nonprofits with shared-equity programs and CLTs increased by 30 percent. Here’s a look at the diversity of their programs and portfolios, and who’s benefiting from their rise.

Disproportionate amounts of medical debt contribute to the racial wealth gap. What can be done?

How can we get more accessory dwelling units built, keep them affordable, and make them forces for increasing racial equity?

As more and more affordable homes are gobbled up by corporate landlords, prospective Black homebuyers are seeing opportunities for homeownership dry up.

The proposed program could shrink the racial homeownership gap while serving a wide cross-section of people. But it only addresses some of the results of past discrimination.

Seattle is tackling displacement by aiming to reduce the systemic and structural barriers in connecting marginalized populations to opportunity.

[Note: A version of this aricle originally appeared in Ebony.com in July 2015]   Same-sex couples’ right to marry is now protected, but do they have the right to housing? […]

Background explainers, affordability restrictions, and race and belonging topped the list of our most-read pieces of the year.

Our conversation with The Color of Law author Richard Rothstein on uncovering truths about our not-so distant history of federally mandated racial segregation in housing.