Washington DC

Why should owners of buildings in illegally poor repair be able to buy more rentals? As Washington, D.C., found, it’s not the easiest thing to prevent.

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.

Douglass Community Land Trust began with a desire to prevent a new park from displacing neighborhood residents—but it soon got much bigger.

The community land trust model is in a time of dramatic growth and creativity. Some CLTs are aiming for larger scale than has been typical. How are they doing it?

With relatively few strings attached to the $350 billion in funds states and municipalities will receive, the door is wide open for governments to make a dent in their housing needs. But will they?

LGBTQ seniors are more likely than peers their age to experience discrimination, leaving them more likely to be poor and have chronic health problems. What does it take to create affordable, LGBTQ-friendly senior housing?

As cities across the country consider giving tenants the right of first refusal, municipalities must be meticulous in crafting policies that preserve and expand tenants’ ability to form housing cooperatives.