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Essential Reporting on Affordable Housing
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What Makes a Habitable Rental Home?
https://shelterforce.org/2025/12/11/what-makes-a-habitable-rental-home/
Published: December 11, 2025 22:29
Almost every state in the U.S. requires that landlords maintain safe and livable residential units. This is often called a "warranty of habitability." In some places, there are laws that specify exactly what those requirements are; in others, the standards…
What We Can Learn From Cambridge’s Public Housing Overhaul
https://shelterforce.org/2025/12/10/what-we-can-learn-from-cambridges-public-housing-overhaul/
Published: December 10, 2025 23:28
In Cambridge, Mass., residents speak positively of the renovations to their public housing stock. The housing authority attributes its success to an innovative mix of RAD with other funding sources. The post What We Can Learn From Cambridge’s Public…
The House on Chestnut Street: NJ’s Tenant Activists in the ’70s
https://shelterforce.org/2025/12/05/the-house-on-chestnut-street-njs-tenant-activists-in-the-70s/
Published: December 5, 2025 16:00
In the memoir Staking Our Claim, Pat Morrissy talks about the early days of Shelterforce, organizing for rent control laws in NJ towns, and supporting tenant leaders in their fights for better homes. The post The House on Chestnut Street: NJ’s Tenant…
Program Mismatches Keep Repair Funds Unused
https://shelterforce.org/2025/12/04/program-mismatches-keep-repair-funds-unused/
Published: December 4, 2025 20:00
A Massachusetts initiative uncovers how fragmented programs make healthy homes harder to achieve—and helps local leaders reduce the friction. The post Program Mismatches Keep Repair Funds Unused appeared first on Shelterforce.
New Mexico Program Tackles Repair Needs and Affordability
https://shelterforce.org/2025/12/02/new-mexico-program-tackles-repair-needs-and-affordability/
Published: December 2, 2025 23:31
A program started in Roswell, New Mexico, has gone statewide. Here's how Rehab-2-Rental works, and what's to come. The post New Mexico Program Tackles Repair Needs and Affordability appeared first on Shelterforce.
Why We Must Fight for Housing First
https://shelterforce.org/2025/11/26/why-we-must-fight-for-housing-first/
Published: November 26, 2025 14:45
Housing with preconditions means more people will cycle through shelters, jails, and the streets, fueling efforts to criminalize homelessness instead of solving it. The post Why We Must Fight for Housing First appeared first on Shelterforce.
Beyond Basic Health Standards: Designing for Well-being
https://shelterforce.org/2025/11/25/beyond-basic-health-standards-designing-for-well-being/
Published: November 25, 2025 20:00
An architect's guide to affordable housing design that goes beyond the baseline. The post Beyond Basic Health Standards: Designing for Well-being appeared first on Shelterforce.
Healthy Homes or Hollow Promises in New Orleans?
https://shelterforce.org/2025/11/24/healthy-homes-or-hollow-promises-in-new-orleans/
Published: November 24, 2025 19:30
The Healthy Homes Ordinance is supposed to help fix New Orleans’s deteriorating rental housing stock. But three years in, many “certified habitable” apartments still have leaking roofs, black mold, and dangerous heat. What went wrong? The post Healthy…
Fueling the Future of Community Ownership, a Shelterforce Webinar
Published: November 21, 2025 21:10
A dive into some promising new approaches to both funding community ownership and building out an ecosystem that supports its sustainability. The post Fueling the Future of Community Ownership, a Shelterforce Webinar appeared first on Shelterforce.
Why Habitability Is a Growing Rallying Cry
https://shelterforce.org/2025/11/18/why-habitability-is-a-growing-rallying-cry/
Published: November 18, 2025 18:00
Across the country, tenants and lawmakers are pushing for better standards around mold, cooling, and more. How did we get here? The post Why Habitability Is a Growing Rallying Cry appeared first on Shelterforce.
Why Does Habitability Matter? Health and Our Housing Stock
https://shelterforce.org/2025/11/18/why-does-habitability-matter-health-and-our-housing-stock/
Published: November 18, 2025 17:00
Whether your home is safe and suitable for healthy living depends on a variety of factors. Shelterforce puts habitability under the lens to show how problems like inadequate heating, water damage, and pest infestations negatively affect your health and…
The Tenant Movement Has Lost Two Leaders—Michael McKee and Joan Pransky
Published: November 14, 2025 19:26
Pransky was an activist lawyer who fought for and defended both tenants and rent control policies in New Jersey. McKee organized in New York City, founding multiple organizations and helping to defend and strengthen rent regulations at the state level. The…