Washington DC

Tenant Opportunity to Purchase laws empower renters to get control when their buildings go up for sale. But in D.C., the hurdles to becoming owners are many, and often insurmountable.

Arrangements in which LIHTC tenants share in the development’s financial benefits, or become partial or full owners, are rare—but some properties have pulled them off. This scan of several examples shows the possibilities—and the conditions needed for them to succeed.

Landmark lawsuits in D.C., New York, and California make source of income discrimination risky for landlords. 

Many Black churches in the U.S. are developing housing on their property, and becoming stronger activists in the fight for affordable housing.

Tenant advocates have long been pushing for a “tenants bill of rights” to codify rules that protect renters from landlords. Here’s a rundown of the top protections housing justice activists say need to be included.

We sit down with Carlynn Newhouse, a spoken word artist, to discuss her latest poem on gentrification in Seattle and D.C.

Investors have helped preserve more than 1,700 affordable housing units in the Washington, D.C., metro area.

Sealing eviction records at the point of filing is an urgent step toward dismantling harmful tenant screening practices.

In the face of extractive “investments,” communities are exploring creative models that let them both exert control and earn returns themselves.

A 10-city initiative to boost homeownership also aims to align required fair housing and health needs assessments. Can it be done?

It had been relatively easy for a developer to get 4 percent tax credits, but that’s no longer true in many places. How is this affecting nonprofit housing developers—and could the human infrastructure bill help?

When a CLT grows, the “community” it represents can sometimes be more difficult to define. But to some extent it always was.