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There are many different kinds of affordable housing. Shelterforce reports on the common and no-so-common variations, how programs are working, important policies and conversations about funding it, and more.
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Proposed Change to Rural Housing Program Would Address Looming Preservation Crisis
Housing affordability is not just an urban problem. Section 515, the federal rural rental assistance program, would be extended in the proposed federal housing bills—with an important rule change.
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Back in a Bubble?
It’s been less than four years since the end of the Great Recession, yet signs point to another potential bubble in the housing market. The Case-Shiller index of house prices […]
Manufactured Housing Deserves a Second Look
Recent housing trends should focus advocates on a very significant problem: the declining homeownership rate. Investor-driven price increases, reduced affordable inventory, depressed incomes and larger homes have helped move homeownership […]
Affordable Housing Doesn’t Have Enough Advocates, Science Explains Why
In May, Scientific American (SA) published an article entitled “You Are Less Beautiful Than You Think.” The title refers to the article’s pointed rebuke of a well-publicized Dove brand video […]
Renters Rising
How San Francisco’s housing movement turned an assault on renters into a victory
4 Lessons from “Envisioning Home”
Relationships are critical to promoting affordable housing and community development, but how we invest in those relationships may be even more important. This is the message that stayed with me […]
Learning from San Francisco’s Housing Movement
From Urban Renewal and Displacement to Economic Inclusion: San Francisco Affordable Housing Policy 1978-2012, by Marcia Rosen and Wendy Sullivan. National Housing Law Project and Poverty and Race Research Action […]
Review: Learning from San Francisco’s Housing Movement
Do you wish your city had rent control, inclusionary housing, and a new permanent source of affordable housing funding? Rich Gross of Enterprise reviews National Housing Law Project and PRRAC's report […]
Honoring Housers and Their Supporters: NLIHC 2013 Awardees
Every year the National Low Income Housing Coalition gives out a number of awards to individuals and groups who have played important roles in furthering the coalition's goal of providing […]
Has the Housing Movement Found Something to Unite Around?
I've been around the affordable housing field for a little while (not as long as many of our readers though I realize), and I've sat through a lot of discussions […]
Building Codes: The Good and the Bad
Recently, Rosanne Haggerty of Community Solutions argued here on Rooflines that outdated building codes—including things like minimum sizes and parking requirements—were limiting the amount of affordable housing that could be […]
The Bloomberg Housing Legacy in New York City: What’s Really Affordable?
New York City’s Mayor Mike Bloomberg is in his last year of his third term in office. One of the signature achievements of the Bloomberg era is his affordable housing […]
“Move.” Governor Jerry Brown’s Troubling View of Affordable Housing
California Governor Jerry Brown is known for expressing ideas outside the standard political box. But in the case of California’s affordable housing crisis, Brown displays a fundamental misunderstanding of the […]