Across the country, tenants and lawmakers are pushing for better standards around habitability: mold, cooling, and more. How ...

Housing problems like inadequate heating, water damage, and mold can mess with your health. It's also making the U.S. housing ...

Whether your home is safe and suitable for healthy living depends on a variety of factors. Shelterforce puts habitability under the lens to show how problems like inadequate heating, water damage, and ...

Joan Pransky fought for and defended tenants and rent control policies in NJ. Michael McKee defended and strengthened rent ...

The OZ program unleashed billions in private capital. Who it actually helps depends on who’s steering the money and how well ...

A poem about “caretakers and waymakers,” which emerged from interviews with 13 frontline community workers in Memphis.

Multiple states and localities brought affordable housing measures to the polls in 2025, to varying results. On Nov. 4, Americans headed to the polls, stressed about their rent and historic levels of ...

For seniors with limited English and tech proficiency, navigating New York's affordable housing system is a challenge.

An enduring vision for many people across the country is to collectively own local land and buildings, thus controlling how those properties are used and who benefits from them. It’s a way for people ...

This Under the Lens series explores the growing use of technology in the housing world. Can the proper guardrails be put in place so “innovative” tools don’t make the housing crisis worse? Top ...

Tenant screening software has become an industry standard. It sifts through publicly available and proprietary data to gauge the suitability of potential renters. An applicant’s rent-paying history is ...