A decade after city officials promised to cut flood risks in the Edgemere neighborhood, critics say it remains just as ...

In Cambridge, Mass., residents speak positively of the renovations to their public housing stock. The housing authority ...

A Massachusetts initiative uncovers how fragmented programs make healthy homes harder to achieve—and helps local leaders ...

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.

Robert Lopez is a freelance writer based in North Carolina. He has worked in the journalism field for more than 20 years and has written for, among other publications, the Houston Chronicle, ...

A program started in Roswell, New Mexico, has gone statewide. Here's how Rehab-2-Rental works, and what's to come.

Almost every state in the U.S. requires that landlords maintain safe and livable residential units. Here are some common ...

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 ...

Housing problems like mildew, lead, unheated homes, and more plague low-income homeowners and renters alike—and many of these issues are only growing with time. What laws have housing advocates pushed ...