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. The post You Made Your Building Safer. Will Insurance Care? appeared first on Shelterforce.

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. The post Property Insurance Is Getting Less Expensive. Affordable Housing Providers Still Have Few Options. appeared first on Shelterforce.

When organizers in Pittsfield fought for a more compassionate approach to unsheltered homelessness, the city did something rare. It listened. The post How Massachusetts Organizers Turned a Proposed Camping Ban Into an Outreach Program appeared first on Shelterforce.

Street medicine offers healthcare for unsheltered homeless people. When cities remove encampments or restrict aid, providers must scramble to keep that care coming. The post They Take Healthcare to the Streets. In Phoenix, That’s Getting Harder appeared first on Shelterforce.

Across 21 states, voters will consider proposals to fund affordable housing, ease property taxes, strengthen tenants rights, and more. The post 2026 Housing Ballot Measures to Watch appeared first on Shelterforce.

A recently proposed HUD rule would allow all public housing authorities to institute work requirements and time limits, rather than just those in the Moving to Work program. But do they want to? About half of PHAs that have already tried these changes got rid of them. The post Work Requirements and Time Limits on Housing Assistance? Those Who’ve Tried It Urge Caution.  appeared first on Shelterforce.

Housing First has been the U.S.’s main homelessness policy since the Bush administration. Experts say it works—and that the Trump administration’s alternative doesn’t measure up. The post Homelessness Experts Want Housing Without Strings Attached appeared first on Shelterforce.

These are challenging times for fighting homelessness. Who’s doing the work, and what’s holding back their progress? The post Homelessness in an Age of Criminalization  appeared first on Shelterforce.

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? The post How City-Funded Organizing Helped Evanston Tenants Take on Private-Equity Landlord  appeared first on Shelterforce.

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. The post Public Housing Tenants Sue Over Use of Invasive Monitoring Devices  appeared first on Shelterforce.