Because their programs provide the most deeply affordable housing in the country, public housing authorities should be both supported in improving fair housing outcomes and held to account when they fall short.

Natalie N. Maxwell of the National Housing Law Project reads, "Public Housing Must Be a Part of Fair Housing Planning." This opinion piece is part of Shelteforce's new Under the Lens series, "New AFFH Rules: What You Need to Know."

Read the full series at https://shelterforce.org/category/new-affh-rules-what-you-need-to-know/

After the population of unhoused people in Bangor increased during the pandemic, the city put forward a series of affordable housing solutions. But the new policies may harm unhoused residents rather than help them.

Brian Pitman reads, "Why Bangor's Affordable Housing Policies Won't Address Homelessness." Read the full story at https://shelterforce.org/2023/03/16/why-bangors-affordable-housing-policies-wont-address-homelessness/

Grassroots organizers have used the affirmatively furthering fair housing rule to strengthen communities in the past. These examples show what we should advocate for in a new AFFH rule. PolicyLink's Tram Hoang reads "Three Ways AFFH Has Advanced Housing Justice."

Read the full story here: https://shelterforce.org/2023/03/21/three-ways-affh-has-advanced-housing-justice/

Avian flu gave companies cover to price gouge. Could the attention to lack of housing supply do the same for landlords?

Shelterforce's Miriam Axel-Lute reads her latest piece, "Egg Prices and Rents—What Do They Have in Common?"

Read the full piece at https://shelterforce.org/2023/03/03/egg-prices-and-rents-what-do-they-have-in-common/.

The affirmatively furthering fair housing rule was intended to force communities to take action to address housing segregation and discrimination. How has the rule evolved throughout the years, and will a proposed new rule finally put some teeth into the legal concept?

Meir Rinde reads, "AFFH’s Bumpy Road to Overcoming Segregation," which is part of Shelterforce's latest Under the Lens series—New AFFH Rules: What You Need to Know.

Read the full series at https://shelterforce.org/category/new-affh-rules-what-you-need-to-know/.

What’s the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing provision? How has it been enforced in the past? And what do fair housing advocates think of the proposed changes? Shelterforce’s latest Under the Lens series—New AFFH Rules: What You Need to Know—explores that and more. Shelterforce's Miriam Axel-Lute explains what you can expect.

Read the full editor's note at https://shelterforce.org/2023/03/13/affh-third-times-the-charm/.

When a St. Louis-based group convened public housing residents to talk about infant mortality, they discovered a serious housing issue that affected tenants’ health. To the organization’s credit, they didn’t turn away from the problem.

Shelby R. King reads, "The Real Reason Why Babies at a St. Louis Public Housing Complex Weren’t Sleeping on Their Own," written by Amanda Abrams.

Read the full Shelterforce article at https://shelterforce.org/2023/02/28/the-real-reason-why-babies-at-a-st-louis-public-housing-complex-werent-sleeping-on-their-own/.

In 2016 KeyBank promised to invest $16.5 billion in low- and moderate-income communities. Six years later, the bank is facing allegations that it not only broke its investment promises, but it actually regressed in the share of its lending that goes to Black communities.

Listen to "NCRC Claims KeyBank Broke Promises, Failed Black Homeowners," by Meir Rinde.

Read the full Shelterforce story at https://shelterforce.org/2023/02/24/ncrc-claims-keybank-broke-promises-failed-black-homeowners/.

Can tenant organizers and YIMBY groups work together, despite differences of priorities, and sometimes even values? Listen to "How to Build a YIMBY/Tenant Activist Bridge," a Shelterforce webinar moderated by Shelby R. King.

Speakers include:

—Lisa Bates, professor at Portland State University in the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning and in Black Studies

—Margot Black, tenants rights organizer, activist, advocate, and founder of Portland Tenants United

—Ernest Brown, executive director of Abundant Housing Atlanta

Laura Loe, founder of Share the Cities

—Alex Schafran, housing consultant for Schafran Strategies

—Cea Weaver, campaign coordinator for Housing Justice for All

Watch the video at and read a transcript at https://shelterforce.org/2023/02/16/how-to-build-a-yimby-tenant-activist-bridge-a-shelterforce-webinar/.

Many people are familiar with redlining, but less well known are the handful of cooperatives that sprouted up following WWII with a bold mission: providing integrated, community-owned housing. Miriam Axel-Lute reads, "The Cooperative Struggle Against Redlining," by David Thompson.

Read the full story at https://shelterforce.org/2021/08/16/the-cooperative-struggle-against-redlining/