A two-year rent freeze, affecting about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments in New York, was just approved. Before the freeze passed, landlords said their buildings wouldn’t survive it. But recent ...

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 ...

A HUD rule that would allow housing agencies and subsidized housing owners to impose work requirements and time limits has ...

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? It’s not ...

A new report questions a billionaire-founded think tank's ties to law enforcement and surveillance—and its connections to the ...

How Boston became the first city to add fair housing to its zoning regulations. “We are taking a historic step toward zoning playing a role in healing. We have come a long way and the real test is not ...

A poem by housing attorney Eric Sirota that highlights the existential absurdity of our system’s treatment of low-income renters. “So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ...

Affordable housing construction finance reflects market norms, but its track record shows it’s far less risky than conventional market-rate housing loans. While lower default rates should lead to ...

A county-backed initiative is helping providers design and launch housing pilot programs in New Jersey, with money that was already in the system. When dozens of New Jersey-based housing and social ...

Voters said yes to speeding up housing approvals. Now the city is putting that plan into action. While there's excitement among affordable housing developers, some housing advocates worry the new ...

The Heritage Foundation’s “conservative playbook” isn’t new, but critics say the latest version’s policies and platforms are more discriminatory and dangerous than in the past. In anticipation of a ...