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How State Coalitions Are Advancing Community Ownership of Housing
In recent years, housing coalitions promoting community land trusts and real estate cooperatives have formed in multiple cities and states—and they are achieving results. Nonetheless, a lot of work is needed to achieve the policy changes these groups desire.
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Rent Strikes, Targeting Tax Breaks, and Data: Tenant Organizing Beyond Legislative Campaigns
In a time of both federal and state legislature intransigence, tenant organizing strategies that emphasize building-level organizing and other creative approaches are gaining ground.
Inside the Colorado Town Where Public Camping Is Considered Workforce Housing
To help ease the burden of finding affordable housing, officials in Buena Vista say businesses can allow employees to live on their property—but only temporarily.
Denver Land Trust Fights Displacement Whether It Owns the Land or Not
Tierra Colectiva, a community land trust in the Denver neighborhoods of Globeville and Elyria-Swansea, combines community organizing, traditional CLT development, and more unusual roles in a large affordable housing development.
How Trump’s HUD Budget Proposal Would Harm Homelessness Response
Experts say the change to the HUD budget would make it more difficult to identify people who are homeless and connect them with services, and to prevent homelessness.
Clybourne Park on Stage, Housing Inequity in Real Life—A Post-Show Reflection
Clybourne Park—a play exploring race, real estate, and community tensions—can set the stage for discussion on the lasting impacts of housing discrimination, gentrification, and the fight for affordability. What lessons can we take from the past to shape a more just housing future?
Manufactured Crisis: Losing the Nation’s Largest Source of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing
Manufactured housing communities have long been an affordable housing option for millions of people living in the U.S., but that affordability is disappearing rapidly. How did we get here?
Where Housing Won and Lost in the 2024 Election
Across the U.S., dozens of housing-related ballot measures were up for vote on Nov. 5. Here’s what passed, what was rejected, and what to expect next.

Co-op Ownership of Mobile Home Communities, A Webinar
There’s a growing number of manufactured housing owners who are joining together to buy their mobile home parks. We chat with residents, advocates, and technical assistance providers about the ins and outs of buying land together.
Housing on the Ballot
We’ve tracked down almost three dozen housing-related ballot measures that will be up for vote on Nov. 5. With billions at stake, those measures could be a boon—or a bust—for affordable housing efforts across the U.S.
What Two Wildfires Reveal About the Cracks in Our Emergency Response
Thousands lost their homes in the Almeda and Marshall fires. Years into long-term recovery, a look at who received emergency assistance and who was left out can teach us a lot about which populations are most vulnerable to climate events.
Colorado Wants to Give Tenants Money for Paying Rent
A new statewide program aims to help renters benefit from the value they add to the buildings they live in. Here’s how the program could work, and when it could begin.

Western States Look to These Lands for New Affordable Housing
In several western states, state-owned trust lands were created to support schools and other community benefits.
