Jacob Folger spent 13 years of his life homeless, starting when he left home at 14 to escape a violent father. He joined the ...

Here are the steps to having economies operated by stewardship, not speculation.

A community land trust in Denver combines community organizing, traditional CLT development, and more unusual roles in an ...

As insurance companies and lenders increasingly factor climate risk into their strategies, we may see a resurgence of ...

A commonly used billing system can allow landlords to quietly shift building utility costs onto tenants. Tenants say it’s ...

Connecticut's Naugatuck Valley Project grew out of factory closures in the 1980s and has helped to found and sustain six ...

Sometimes disasters open a space for bigger and faster positive change. In Lahaina, Hawai'i, after the devastating fires in ...

When do tenants’ rights expand into the realm of resident control? Many of us in the movement are grappling with this ...

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 ...

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 ...