Oregon passed laws requiring city housing plans to affirmatively further fair housing. But many cities are refraining from ...

Our new Under the Lens series explores what it means when our housing system isn’t built for a population that’s growing ...

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program awards billions in tax credits each year to private market investors and developers who promise to build or preserve affordable housing. But the ...

Community development organizations are recognizing that community expertise is valuable and that residents should be compensated for it. For effective and inclusive community planning, it’s important ...

As the housing crisis deepens, interest in faith-based development is spreading across the country. How do "Yes In God’s Backyard (YIGBY)" zoning laws work, where are they being implemented or ...

It’s getting tougher for immigrant communities to believe they still have rights as renters—even if they are living in the country legally. Here’s how tenant organizers are helping these communities ...

The president pushed for sweeping crackdowns and the possible internment of people experiencing homelessness. To see what's coming, we should look to what states have already done In January, ...

My experience with a utility shutoff led me to look more closely at who provides my city’s power. It turns out there's a push for the city to buy out the investor-owned utility and create a public one ...

Solidarity Corner Community Control World’s Largest Worker Cooperative Network Seeks New Allies Mondragón Cooperative Corporation, based in Spain, is a 70,000-member worker cooperative network. In May ...

Helping older adults remain in their homes has become a policy goal across the country. Making it happen is far more complicated. Longer lifespans, evolving household structures, and growing care ...

Roshan Abraham Roshan Abraham is a journalist whose reporting on criminal justice, housing, and health has appeared in Next City, VICE, The Verge, Pacific Standard, The Village Voice, and more. He is ...