College-focused rapid rehousing aims to support students facing housing instability all the way through graduation. Listen to, "How These Schools Worked With Community Groups to Fight College Homelessness," written by Jessica Wolin, Jennifer Wilking, and Molly Calhoun. This piece is read by John Ludas.

Check out the full story at https://shelterforce.org/2024/11/27/how-these-schools-worked-with-community-groups-to-fight-college-homelessness/

In the face of teacher shortages and out-of-reach housing prices, efforts to provide educators with affordable housing options are taking shape across the U.S. Shelterforce looks at some of the emerging models and how they’re working so far. Listen to, "Is Housing the Key to Attracting Teachers? These Folks Think So," written by Sandra Larson. This article is read by John Ludas.

To read the full story, go to https://shelterforce.org/2024/11/25/is-housing-the-key-to-attracting-teachers-these-folks-think-so/

The president-elect’s cabinet picks so far have been controversial, often alarming. What might that mean for housing? Shelby R. King reads her latest Shelterforce story, "Who Could Lead HUD Under a Second Trump Administration?"

Read the full story at https://shelterforce.org/2024/11/22/who-could-lead-hud-under-a-second-trump-administration/

Many housing organizations are finding that educational programs are a logical—and valuable—addition to their offerings.

Listen to, "Why Some Affordable Housing Managers Are Running Education Programs," written by Zoe Sullivan.

Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2024/11/21/why-some-affordable-housing-managers-are-running-education-programs/

Some community development organizations have added education to their traditional focus on housing and economic development. By partnering with local school districts, they’re looking for ways to support families and children in their neighborhoods. How’s it working? Listen to, "Expanding the Mission: The Community Groups Serving Schools," written by Padmini Raghunath.

Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2024/11/19/expanding-the-mission-the-community-groups-serving-schools/

Americans are struggling more than ever to find and maintain housing they can afford. The climate crisis is only making things worse. Amongst various possible solutions, the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is a main contender, with $27 billion for communities to address climate change. It’s an unprecedented amount of money that’s expected to deliver climate assistance across the country to communities that need it most, no matter the predominant politics of a given region.

Shelterforce's Lara Heard recently hosted a conversation about the fund—what it is, how it can truly benefit low-income communities, and what groups have been doing with some of the funding so far.

Listen here, or watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vARWtZThX2M

Schools affect their neighborhoods—if community developers don’t harness that connection for equitable change, someone else will. Ryan Good reads, "To Make Schools Better for Everyone, Connect Them to Community Development," an op-ed he wrote for Shelterforce.

Read the full op-ed at: https://shelterforce.org/2024/11/14/to-make-school-improvement-serve-all-residents-connect-it-to-community-development/

This piece is part of the Under the Lens series, "Street Blocks to Alphabet Blocks: The Housing-Education Connection." Check out the series here: https://shelterforce.org/series/street-blocks-to-alphabet-blocks-the-housing-education-connection/

The pandemic reminded us how education and housing affect each other. Now some advocates are fighting to make sure no one forgets it. Frances Nguyen reads, "Education and Housing Advocates: Better Together, But Too Often Apart," her latest piece for Shelterforce.

This story is part of our new Under the Lens series, Street Blocks to Alphabet Blocks: The Housing-Education Connection. Read the series at https://shelterforce.org/series/street-blocks-to-alphabet-blocks-the-housing-education-connection/

Stable, healthy, decent affordable housing sets children up for educational success, and allows schools to be able to focus on what they do best. Shelterforce's Miriam Axel-Lute breaks down the housing-education connection and what you can expect in our new series.

Read the editor's note at https://shelterforce.org/2024/11/11/the-housing-education-intersection/

This piece is part of the Under the Lens series, "Street Blocks to Alphabet Blocks: The Housing-Education Connection." Check out the series here: shelterforce.org/series/street-bl…tion-connection/

More than 18 million Americans live in manufactured housing in mobile home parks—which are de facto the largest source of affordable housing in the United States. But as rents rise, this source of affordable housing is at risk.

Fortunately there has emerged a growing movement of resident-owned cooperatives, also known as ROCs. Today, more than 22,000 families who own manufactured housing units in more than 300 mobile home parks across the United States are member-owners of these cooperatives.

In this 90-minute webinar, cosponsored and co-moderated by Shelterforce and NPQ, a panel of residents, advocates, and technical assistance providers discuss the ins and outs of how to build land security for manufactured housing owners.

Participants include:

—Andrea Chiriboga-Flor, executive director of Justice for the People Legal Center in Denver, Colorado.

—Kelly Jensen, board president at Paradise Village Cooperative in Johnstown, Colorado.

—Doug McElroy, former president of the board of the Pleasant Park Mobile Home cooperative in Great Falls, Montana.

—Emily Thaden, president of ROC-USA, a national organization that supports quality resident ownership of mobile home communities.