Nearly half of U.S. renters struggle to make rent. Social housing offers a permanently affordable solution for working people. Illustration by Kazimir Iskander “The private market cannot provide ...

With the nation in the midst of a seemingly intractable affordable housing crisis, new possibilities are becoming visible. Vice President Kamala Harris has proposed a number of policies to make homes ...

Social Security senior housing offers subsidies to seniors, easing budget strains. Qualification for these subsidies depends on age, income, and assets. Various types available, from independent ...

The opening scenes of the award-winning Brazilian film "City of God" (2002) portray a newly constructed housing complex situated on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Subsequently, this complex evolves ...

Six cities and a county have initiated social housing programs to provide permanently affordable, publicly owned, and controlled housing for lower and middle-income working families. Seattle, Atlanta, ...

A new report describes the path to social housing in New York through 20 policy proposals, from overhauling the property tax code and abolishing the city’s tax lien sale to cracking down on landlord ...

Boston Road provides 154 units of housing for formerly homeless people, many of them seniors and living with HIV/AIDS, as well as low-income working adults from the ...

Councilmembers are weighing a slate of bills to expand programs and resources that follow the model of social housing—deeply affordable homes built “for public good” rather than profit, what ...

My work in Seattle on affordable housing issues dates to 1969. After graduating with a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Washington, I became the first housing planner at the ...

“The one thing I would want people to know and understand about social housing is that it plays a vital role in creating social inclusion and reducing inequality. If you’ve never encountered social ...

Andrea Sharam receives funding from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute. Debbie Faulkner receives funding from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute There are 184,100 ...