Privately-funded program launched to address help poverty

A new program funded by private philanthropy is aimed at asset building for people receiving Low-Income Housing Tax Credits.
Salon

A low-income housing program is pouring billions into housing many people can’t afford

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. On any given night, thousands of people sleep on the streets in Portland, Oregon. They seek shelter in tents, bushes and overpasses in a city that has ...

Affordable housing often costs more to build than market-rate housing – Colorado is closing the gap

Affordable housing programs typically serve households earning well below their area's median income, the midpoint where half ...

‘Hypocrisy’: Congress wants more homes. HUD is closing its low-income housing pipeline.

Localities say the policy change feels like "mixed messaging" amid a broader federal effort to increase affordable housing.
Governing

One Housing Assistance Program Congress Is Actually Expanding

New provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could help finance more than a million units of low-income housing over the next decade. The changes are complicated but will increase assistance both ...
The New York Times

Why Building Alone Won’t Solve the Housing Crisis

An imbalance in the kind of housing getting built and rising insurance costs are impeding housing progress, according to two new reports. By Ronda Kaysen See more of our coverage in your search ...
PBS

A successful USDA program that has supported more than 533,000 affordable rental homes in rural America is being phased out

The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn't limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well. Rural areas, home to about 25% of ...