To Combat Gentrification, One City Is Changing How Homes Are Bought and Sold
The city of Buffalo is supporting its first community land trust, designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.
Affordable housing
The Woman Who Pioneered “Housing First”
Three decades ago, one nurse came up with a radical idea: Give homeless folks suffering from addiction and mental illness a safe place to be themselves.
Granny Flats Offer One Solution to Housing Affordability Crisis
These smaller homes are an easier, faster way to build more housing, but zoning restrictions have kept them illegal in many cities.
Creating Affordable Homes for Multigenerational Living
Houses for large moderate-income families are scarce. A few innovative developers are looking to change that.
Infographic: Why Normal People Can’t Afford a House
The U.S. is better at subsidizing wealthy people than low-income people.
Forget FEMA Trailers: Here’s How to House People in a Hurry
“We don’t need to wait for a hurricane to hit. We can get started with the recovery right now.”
A New Generation Lives a Different American Dream—And They’re Happy
Millennials, sometimes referred to as “generation rent,” are having to get creative and find alternative housing options.
The Lost Indigenous Housing Designs
Developed over thousands of years, traditional architecture can also build climate resiliency.
How to Protect a Renter Nation
Laws that help renters are based on the belief that housing is a right for all, not just for those who own homes.
After Centuries of Housing Racism, a Southern City Gets Innovative
In Jackson, Mississippi, community land trusts are key to fair and affordable development.
Tiny Houses Alone Can’t Solve the Housing Crisis. But Here’s What Can
People are looking beyond traditional boundaries to find housing that works for them.
How Artists and Neighbors Turned a Bomb Site Into a Medicine Garden
Amid a housing crisis, a London neighborhood found a way to protect a parcel of rewilded land—then transform it into something better.
Unstable Stock Market Is a Warning: Treat Your House Like a Home
A precarious housing market is no place for homeowners and renters who just want a safe place to live and a community to belong to.
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