OPA is a policy that gives tenants some specific rights when their building goes up for sale. Here we describe what they ...

Development should come with affordability. Here's the case for inclusionary housing, and why opponents aren't seeing the ...

Having had the experience of public art with no public involvement, a community organization set out to show there could be another way. In a way, it all began with the squirrel. In 2011, Living Walls ...

For effective and inclusive community planning, it’s important that community development groups and local governments work closely with residents who will be affected by the proposals and projects ...

In a previous Shelterforce blog post, I argued that we cannot give up hope that the market will build middle-income housing. Granted, over the past decade, most new housing has been built in the ...

As cities across the country consider giving tenants the right of first refusal, municipalities must be meticulous in crafting policies that preserve and expand tenants' ability to form housing ...

What happens when organizers win a campaign for community control of land? That depends a lot on the choices they make about how to exercise that control. As interest in urban living increases, the ...

We can upkeep homes without punishing low-income residents. Here are some lessons for change, and cities already doing that ...

Are the neighborhoods impacted by large development getting the jobs and affordable housing they were promised? Shelterforce looks back at several cities where community benefits agreements were won ...

Community land trusts and cooperatives are two of the most prominent models of community ownership, and ones we’ve written about for many years. In this series we take a focused look at some of the ...

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 ...