Affordable Housing

Much like urban communities, rural communities also face critical housing issues like rental shortages, a lack of federal and private funding to build new units, and the impending loss of [...]

The fundamental question: do we want to create affordable housing or do we want to promote housing as an investment vehicle? To read more click here.

A new report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition shows it’s getting increasingly difficult to afford housing. To read more click here.

Housing insecurity in the nation’s richest cities is far worse than government statistics claim. Just ask the Goodmans. To read more click here.

Working with the community and making sure they understand the value of the development is crucial, panelists said. To read more click here.

The new homeless count reports for both cities show Seattle is making a little progress — and San Francisco certainly isn’t. To read more click here.

The city of Charlotte says the supply of affordable units is at least 24,000 short of the demand. But renters with pets face additional hurdles. To read more click here.

Chicago, like other major U.S. cities, is blanketed with mixed-use buildings — retail on the first floor; offices, condos or apartments above. But the city’s latest “co-location” endeavors offer [...]

Homelessness remains a problem in our larger cities and is an increasing focus for small towns as well. To read more click here.

When a community is in fiscal trouble, nonprofits are often a big help. But some places have far fewer of them. To read more click here.