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Shelterforce is nonprofit and independent publication that covers topics from community planning to racial equity, affordable housing to the future of community development, and how policy intersects with it all. Here you can listen to authors read their latest Shelterforce articles, as well as our interviews with folks on the ground. For more, go to shelterforce.org.
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Winning Tenant Protections Isn’t Enough
When tenant protections are popular, opponents know better than to try to repeal them. But they can damage them just the same. Miriam Axel-Lute reads her latest op-ed, "Winning Tenant Protections Isn't Enough."
Read the piece at https://shelterforce.org/2024/07/18/winning-tenant-protections-isnt-enough/ -
Shelter and the Storm: Housing and Climate Change are Intertwined
Shelterforce's Lara Heard explains what you can expect in our new Under the Lens series—Dual Crises: Housing in a Changing Climate.
Read Heard's editor's note here: https://shelterforce.org/2024/07/24/shelter-and-the-storm-housing-and-climate-change-are-intertwined/
Check out the entire series at https://shelterforce.org/series/dual-crises-housing-in-a-changing-climate/ -
Nonprofit Housing Developers Deserve Better LIHTC Terms
When it comes to LIHTC deals, nonprofit developers don't get the same advantages big, for-profit developers do. A new fund is setting out to change that. James Peffley, chief executive officer of NeighborWorks Capital, breaks it down.
Read the piece at https://shelterforce.org/2024/06/25/nonprofit-housing-developers-deserve-better-lihtc-terms/ -
Ownership Matters: Institutional Investors and Corporate Ownership
Who owns our homes is an absolutely essential part of housing policy, and an even greater part of housing politics. Alex Schafran reads, "Ownership Matters: Institutional Investors and Corporate Ownership."
Read the full story at: https://shelterforce.org/2024/05/23/ownership-matters-institutional-investors-and-corporate-ownership/ -
Mixed Results: How an Eviction Prevention Program Is Going
In 2019, a large affordable housing operator implemented a unique program meant to reduce evictions across its properties. Several years, one pandemic, and an economic downturn later, we check in to see how the landlord—and the tenants—are faring. Shelterforce's Shelby R. King reads her recent article, "Mixed Results: How an Eviction Prevention Program is Going."
Read the full story at https://shelterforce.org/2024/07/03/mixed-results-how-an-eviction-prevention-program-is-going/ -
Reining in Rising Property Insurance Rates
There are many proposed ways to mitigate the property insurance cost crisis. They all require federal or state government to act. John Ludas reads, "Reining in Rising Property Insurance Rates," written by Franklin Schneider.
Read the full story at: https://shelterforce.org/2024/06/21/reining-in-rising-property-insurance-rates/