Shelterforce

Oct 27, 2026 · 21m

A federal grant helped an Arkansas housing authority install storm-resistant roofs on 91 homes. The work should protect residents and reduce losses. Whether it brings lower premiums or better coverage is another question—and, increasingly, it’s a matter for lawmakers. Shelterforce's Shelby R. King reports. Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/10/23/you-made-your-building-safer-will-insurance-care/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio

Oct 26, 2026 · 14m

The department proposed centralizing major public housing, voucher, fair housing, legal, and grant functions after losing nearly 35 percent of its staff. Then it withdrew the notice without explanation. What does that mean for the plan? Shelterforce's Shelby R. King reports. Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/09/16/hud-floated-then-pulled-a-reorganization-plan-will-it-return/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio

Oct 22, 2026 · 26m

Property insurance rates are falling nationally, but affordable housing providers remain largely shut out of the recovery. When conventional insurers decline them, the alternatives can cost more, cover less, and leave owners and the public carrying more risk. Shelterforce's Shelby King reports. Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/10/22/property-insurance-is-getting-less-expensive-affordable-housing-providers-still-have-few-options/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio

Oct 20, 2026 · 17m

Street medicine offers healthcare for unsheltered homeless people. When cities remove encampments or restrict aid, providers must scramble to keep that care coming. Hope Davis reports for Shelterforce. Music by ℗ ComaStudio

Oct 14, 2026 · 15m

Housing First has been the U.S.'s main homelessness policy since the Bush administration. Experts says it works—and that the Trump administration's alternative doesn't measure up. Franklin Schneider reports for Shelterforce. Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/10/14/homelessness-experts-want-housing-without-strings-attached/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio

Oct 13, 2026 · 4m

These are challenging times for fighting homelessness. Who's doing the work, and what's holding back their progress? Shelterforce's Lara Heard explains what you can expect in our new Under the Lens series, Shifting Ground. Read Lara's editor's note here: https://shelterforce.org/2026/10/13/homelessness-in-an-age-of-criminalization/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio

Oct 12, 2026 · 12m

Public housing authorities and other affordable housing landlords are turning to tech meant for short-term rentals to enforce smoke bans and noise rules—but a new lawsuit has evidence they are also constantly tracking tenants' movements. Sean Keenan reports for Shelterforce. Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/10/07/public-housing-tenants-sue-over-use-of-invasive-monitoring-devices/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio

Oct 8, 2026 · 19m

In Evanston, Illinois, and Minneapolis, tenants organized against the same private-equity-backed landlord. In Evanston, the city provided financial support for tenant organizing while Minneapolis did not. Might this explain the difference in tenant outcomes? Re'Dreyona Walker reports for Shelterforce. Read the full story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/10/08/how-city-funded-organizing-helped-evanston-tenants-take-on-private-equity-landlord/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio

Oct 8, 2026 · 13m

The affordable housing nonprofit acknowledged its power over the for-profit commercial mortgage lender subsidiary after Shelterforce pressed it about questionable loans the lender was making to corporate buyers of manufactured home parks. Now Enterprise says the sale will seed an endowment. Shelterforce's Shelby R. King reports. Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/09/25/enterprise-is-selling-its-stake-in-the-lender-it-said-it-couldnt-control/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio