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 ...

Homelessness services administrators share their views on how proposed cuts, rapid changes to funding guidelines, and delays ...

A common refrain heard by locals opposed to new housing developments is that area schools can’t absorb the increase in students they’ll bring. As the nation approaches an “enrollment cliff,” the data ...

While chaos reigns at the federal level, it’s up to states and local governments to creatively hold the line, fill the gaps, and figure out new ways forward. Drawing on examples from around the ...

Federal Policy Judge Blocks HUD’s Effort to Overhaul Federal Funding for Homeless Services The Continuum of Care Program, the federal government’s biggest pool of funds for housing homeless 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 ...

Preventing unnecessary evictions is more important than ever for local governments. Here are some of the approaches being ...

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program awards billions in tax credits each year to private market investors and developers who promise to build or preserve affordable housing. But the ...

With rising insurance, debt, and operating costs outpacing rents and subsidies, affordable housing is becoming harder to ...

Cooperative housing and community land trusts (CLT) are often posited as alternative paths for achieving community ownership of homes. But these two housing types can also be combined. Such a ...