The OZ program unleashed billions in private capital. Whether it lifts neighborhoods or just investors hinges on who’s steering the money and how well they can navigate the system. Now that Congress ...
They were unable to stop their homes from being converted into luxury apartments, but Belden Sawyer Tenant Association ...
DeShanda Williams and Nikea Ward have spent their careers supporting young people in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, helping them move from instability to safety through housing, trust, and consistent support.
Cohousing offers a vision of lower-cost, community-centered living, but communities in the US face barriers that drive up costs.
Some state finance agencies are using qualified allocation plans, or QAPs, to extend affordability of LIHTC housing beyond 30 years and increase tenant protections. Here's a look at where it's ...
City redevelopment subsidies siphon tens of billions of dollars away from public services nationwide. Here are some ways to ...
Poet Lindo Jones, known as LindoYes, reads one of his poems about the lifelong effects of eviction on a child. I wrote this poem because we’ve normalized displacing people so deeply that we no longer ...
As federal funding for homelessness programs is threatened, housing advocates are combining large-scale research and case-level data to show why supportive housing works—and why it matters. Federal ...
Tom Tresser is a Chicago-based civic educator and public defender who has spent 50 years doing grassroots democracy, community organizing, and work in the defense of public assets and services. He is ...