Maui's Miraculous Feat: Staving off ‘Disaster Capitalism’ in the Wake of Wildfire
Sometimes disasters open a space for bigger and faster positive change. In Lahaina, Hawai'i, after the devastating fires in 2023, community leaders built on preexisting relationships to approach housing and land in new ways.
In Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado and Beyond, a Surprising new Housing Model is Making Gentrification Pay Back
Each Mixed-Income Neighborhood Trust focuses on preventing displacement and capturing the benefits of rising property values for neighborhood residents.
How Cuomo’s New Rent Control Proposal Confuses Affordability with Stability
If we tie rent regulation to income, we lose the policy's benefits for neighborhoods and their residents, Shelterforce argues
After Grants Pass Ruling, Oakland Cracks Down Harder on Unhoused Communities
The Supreme Court ruling gave cities new leeway to criminalize homelessness. In Oakland, advocates say it’s fueled more forceful encampment sweeps and a rollback of earlier efforts at cooperation.
The DC Homeowners Selling Well Below Market Rates to 'Pay it Forward'
As prices in the nation’s capital have soared, some sellers want their homes to stay in reach of families like their own. The Douglass Community Land Trust is helping them make it happen.