A HUD rule that would allow housing agencies and subsidized housing owners to impose work requirements and time limits has ...

A call for research proposals on reducing housing demand suggests a radical and troubling shift that may be coming in housing policy. Among the many divisions of the U.S. Department of Housing and ...

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 ...

The financial intricacies involved in building affordable housing can be difficult to understand. This explainer breaks down the foundational concepts. Total development cost, or TDC: The summed costs ...

A federal housing bill passed by strong majorities in both houses of Congress marks the first major overhaul of housing legislation in over 30 years. The housing bill became law on July 11, 2026, ...

A poem by housing attorney Eric Sirota that highlights the existential absurdity of our system’s treatment of low-income renters. “So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ...

To protect themselves from ICE, many families are staying home from work; tenant organizers in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Los Angeles are pushing for eviction moratoriums to keep them safe. Taylor Kohn ...

How Boston became the first city to add fair housing to its zoning regulations. “We are taking a historic step toward zoning playing a role in healing. We have come a long way and the real test is not ...

A two-year rent freeze, affecting about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments in New York, was just approved. Before the freeze passed, landlords said their buildings wouldn’t survive it. But recent ...

A proposed rule from the Office of Management and Budget would facilitate political interference in federal grant disbursements across all agencies. The deadline for public comment is July 13. In late ...

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? It’s not ...

Fair housing law has never been easy to enforce. But HUD's proposal to eliminate the use of disparate impact analysis will remove another crucial tool for doing so. Housing discrimination does not ...