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Rising costs, rent arrears, and aging properties are forcing nonprofit affordable housing developers to rethink what they can afford to own.

Baltimore, Boston, and Cleveland voters recently showed what happens when leaders loosen zoning and modernize permitting, while investing in community-scale development at the same time. Federal ...

Development should come with affordability. Here's the case for inclusionary housing, and why opponents aren't seeing the full picture. Every morning in San Francisco, before most of us are awake, ...

In Cambridge, Mass., residents speak positively of the renovations to their public housing stock. The housing authority attributes its success to an innovative mix of RAD with other funding sources.

Housing with preconditions means more people will cycle through shelters, jails, and the streets, fueling efforts to criminalize homelessness instead of solving it. In a sweeping policy change, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Kennell Staten saw Walker Courts as his best path out of homelessness, he said. The complex had ...

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