Continuing legal action has made homeless services providers' fates uncertain. I've spoken with over 160 of these providers.

Duke has raised its lowest wage. Community advocates say that's a start, and they are calling for more to be done to help ...

Today, many newly opened food co-ops are Black-led and serve a majority-Black membership base. Not so long ago, such Black-led food co-ops were rare. Here is how that transformation occurred. Ask a ...

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

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

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

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, ...

At an individual level, the 30 percent standard and the residual-income standard can produce very different results. But as a regional measure of affordability problems, they’re not so far apart. The ...

The proposed FY 2027 budget for rural housing shows improvements from last year, but still fundamentally fails to provide the support needed for small towns and rural areas to thrive. Rural America is ...

Wages have long been out of step with housing costs. Santa Fe hopes to change that by tying minimum wage increases to HUD’s Fair Market Rent estimates. What happens when you connect wages to local ...