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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

After learning it was one of the city’s most prolific evictors, a for-profit affordable housing provider created a tenant retention program that’s being touted as a model for other developers. An ...

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 ...