An Arkansas housing authority installed storm-resistant roofs. What it will bring is uncertain; it’s a matter for lawmakers.

When organizers in Pittsfield fought for a more compassionate approach to unsheltered homelessness, the city did something rare. It listened. Across the U.S., homelessness has been steadily rising.

When cities remove encampments or restrict aid, street medicine providers must scramble to keep providing healthcare.

Across 21 states, voters will consider proposals to fund affordable housing, ease property taxes, strengthen tenants rights, ...

Across the U.S., homelessness has been steadily rising. Federal attacks on Housing First, inadequate funding, and increased criminalization are only making things worse. In this Under the Lens series, ...

In Evanston, Illinois, and Minneapolis, tenants organized against the same private-equity-backed landlord. In Evanston, the city provided financial support for tenant organizing while Minneapolis did ...

In this 90-minute Shelterforce webinar, we’ll shift our lens to the Big Apple. In November 2025, New York City elected democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as its mayor, capturing the imagination of ...

Public housing authorities and other affordable housing landlords are turning to tech meant for short-term rentals to enforce smoke bans and noise rules—but a new lawsuit has evidence they are also ...

The ROAD to Housing bill includes a section ensuring long-term disaster recovery support for the first time, a vital response to growing climate-related disasters. Now comes the challenge of ...

Noah Patton is the director of disaster recovery at the National Low Income Housing Coalition where he leads the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition—a group of over 900 local, state, and national ...