Shelterforce

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

Oct 6, 2026 · 8m

In the ROAD to Housing bill, passed in July, Congress included a section ensuring long-term disaster recovery support for the first time, a vital response to growing climate-related disasters. Now comes the challenge of implementation. Noah Patton, director of disaster recovery at the National Low Income Housing Coalition, explains. Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/10/07/how-will-the-new-housing-bill-impact-federal-disaster-response/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio

Oct 6, 2026 · 10m

A proposal from two federal banking regulators would reduce both the scale and scope of federal Community Reinvestment Act oversight. Jesse Van Tol, the president and CEO of NCRC, explains what could change and how communities can respond. Comments are due Oct. 13. Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/09/17/whats-at-risk-under-the-cra-proposal-and-how-communities-can-respond/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio

Oct 5, 2026 · 11m

The law was designed to boost the nation's supply of housing. But delivering on its promises will depend on at least three things: Congress funding it, a hollowed-out HUD implementing it, and private developers building. Reporting by Roshan Abraham, a freelance reporter; read by John Ludas, a freelance audio producer. Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/10/01/will-the-road-to-housing-act-deliver-on-its-promise/ Music by ℗ ComaStudio