The Plan to Bring Social Housing (Back) to New York
Next City
JULY 25, 2024
Housing, tenant rights and labor justice advocates helped shape the proposed state housing authority. It will need their support to pass.
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Social Housing Isn’t Just a Vienna Thing. It’s Core to New York’s Past – and Could Be Its Future.
Next City
AUGUST 1, 2024
The policy wonk who helped pen the state housing authority bill says it's time to revive New York’s history of social housing.
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An Indigenous Community Land Trust Is Creating Housing Through #LandBack
Next City
MARCH 23, 2023
Now, through a unique legal model, it’s creating housing for former foster youth on its ancestral land. In Eureka, California, the Wiyot tribe has seen historic urban Indigenous land return victories.
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Modular Construction Is on the Rise. Can It Build High-Quality Affordable Housing?
Next City
AUGUST 15, 2024
The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority built dozens of affordable units through modular construction. Is this a sign of things to come?
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Filling The Accessible Housing Gap For Disabled People Of Color
Next City
JULY 27, 2023
New developments are prioritizing affordable, accessible housing for a population that’s uniquely vulnerable to housing discrimination.
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Affordable Housing Is Never the Only Problem – Or the Only Solution
Next City
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Poverty doesn’t cause social breakdown, nor is social breakdown confined to areas with high levels of poverty, Seth Kaplan writes in “Fragile Neighborhoods.
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Lessons From The U.K.’s Transformative Social Housing System
Next City
AUGUST 3, 2023
’s social housing system changed millions of low- and middle-income people’s lives – and how privatization has crippled its power. Social historian John Boughton explains how the U.K.’s
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With Co-Design, Residents “Do Housing On Their Own Terms”
Next City
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
It’s crunch time for many of Bristol’s post-war housing estates. Could the city’s radical co-design projects go beyond lip service to deliver regeneration at scale?
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What is Market-Rate Housing?
NLC (National League of Cities)
JANUARY 9, 2024
Defining Market-Rate Housing Market-rate housing refers to non-subsidized properties that are rented or owned by those who pay market-rate rents or who paid market value to purchase the property. Unlike subsidized affordable housing, market-rate housing does not confer special government benefits.
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How New Jersey’s new affordable housing law aims to ease the housing crisis
GCN
MARCH 22, 2024
The new law lets municipalities know exactly how much affordable housing they have to build. It’s an approach that states are increasingly trying in an effort to pressure local governments to increase affordable options.
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Why is it so hard to build housing near transit stops?
GCN
MARCH 12, 2024
Two recent studies look at the obstacles to building more apartments and other dense housing options near transit to address environmental, urban development and housing goals.
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Do land-use reforms spur housing development? You betcha.
GCN
JANUARY 8, 2024
After years of adjusting land-use regulations, Minneapolis boosted its housing stock by 12%, while rents grew at just 1%. Meanwhile, the rest of Minnesota increased its stock by 4% as rents rose 14%.
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Housing for Older Adults
NLC (National League of Cities)
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
By 2030, one-fifth of the American population will be aged 65 or over, which will only make worse a critical deficit in suitable housing that caters to their specific requirements. As individuals grow older, their housing needs change, including increased accommodations for those with disabilities.
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White House Seeks Cybersecurity Help for Rural Hospitals
FedTech Magazine
JULY 22, 2024
The White House has tapped Microsoft and Google to provide free cybersecurity services to approximately 2,000 “critical access” hospitals in an effort to protect healthcare in rural parts of the U.S.
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A match made in housing
GCN
JUNE 20, 2024
As America’s population rapidly ages and housing costs soar, some states are playing matchmaker and matching young people in need of affordable housing with older adults with room to spare.
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Modular Construction Is on the Rise. Can It Build High-Quality Affordable Housing?
Next City
AUGUST 15, 2024
The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority built dozens of affordable units through modular construction. Is this a sign of things to come?
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Exploring the Link Between Housing Stability and Mental Health
NLC (National League of Cities)
MAY 28, 2024
By Mia Chapman Millions of people in the United States living with mental health challenges face barriers to finding and maintaining stable housing. Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, and mental health illnesses are some of the most common health conditions across the country.
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Linking Housing and Transportation for Successful Communities
NLC (National League of Cities)
JANUARY 10, 2024
As municipalities continue to revisit their housing codes and permitting structures to increase the supply of housing, they should be doing so with mobility solutions in mind.
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Tackling New York City’s Housing Crisis is a ‘Shared Responsibility’
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Top New York City officials urged state leaders in Albany to provide the necessary funding and legislative support to build additional housing as the city contends with its worst housing crunch in over 50 years. "We percent—the lowest mark since 1986, according to the latest NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey released last Thursday.
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Maximizing Underused Hospital-Owned Land for Affordable Housing
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
MARCH 7, 2024
As New York City faces its worst housing crisis in over 50 years, policymakers are looking to connect affordable housing developers with a range of institutional stakeholders from hospitals to faith-based organizations to find ways to increase the supply of homes. With an extremely low 1.4
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What is Permanent Supportive Housing?
NLC (National League of Cities)
JANUARY 31, 2024
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) refers to providing affordable housing with voluntary supportive services to address homelessness. PSH is considered a Housing First principle, meaning there are no preconditions (e.g., for program participants to access housing. sobriety, enrollment in mental health services, etc.)
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What is Missing Middle Housing?
NLC (National League of Cities)
JANUARY 23, 2024
Missing middle housing refers to housing that provides diverse housing options along the spectrum of affordability, which includes duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and bungalows. Middle housing is not eligible for tax credits or most other federal, state or local government subsidies.
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Teachers can’t afford housing, so school districts are building homes
GCN
JANUARY 4, 2024
When potential teachers are considering a position, they often want to know what’s available for affordable housing. “If If I don’t have an answer for that, I lose that applicant,” one school district superintendent says.
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Gentrification’s Roots in the Post-Industrial City
Next City
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
It’s also the story of Silicon Valley, whose crown jewel, San Jose, urbanized to house workers for now long-outsourced microchip factories. Op-ed: De-industrialization isn’t just a Detroit story.
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Housing: What is Universal Design and Why Does it Matter?
NLC (National League of Cities)
JULY 25, 2024
Co-authored by Mia Chapman, Intern, Housing & Community Development, NLC and Lauren Lowery, Director of Housing & Community Development, NLC The architectural principle of universal design prioritizes usability by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialization.
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House passes bipartisan tax bill
GCN
JANUARY 31, 2024
The measure restores some of the popular expanded child tax credit, as well as a credit that helps states build affordable housing.
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States turn to Medicaid to tackle housing insecurity
GCN
MARCH 19, 2024
Section 1115 Medicaid waivers can help states reduce health inequities by covering housing costs and providing meal support for vulnerable populations.
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How IoT can help housing associations protect vulnerable tenants
Open Access Government - Technology News
MARCH 28, 2023
IoT can help housing associations identify unsafe homes and ensure that tenants are not exposed to dangerous living areas Throughout the UK, local authorities and housing associations have a responsibility to ensure citizens live in safe and secure homes. Maintaining high standards is paramount.
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How Local Leaders Can Use AI to Advance Housing Policy
NLC (National League of Cities)
JANUARY 3, 2024
This blog focuses on how cities can use AI tools to advance equitable and inclusive housing policies. Local leaders are leveraging emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to enhance data analysis, streamline administrative tasks and improve the accessibility of government services across a wide variety of topic areas.
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Housing For Renters: Programs and Policies
NLC (National League of Cities)
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
With increasing demand for rental housing and rising rents across the country, it can be helpful to residents for cities, towns, and villages to create and support programs that assist renters in accessing safe and healthy housing.
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Housing and care costs leave aging Americans with limited options
GCN
DECEMBER 1, 2023
population, communities need to prepare for the growing number of older adults who need both affordable housing and care, experts say. With adults over 65 already 17% of the U.S.
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National Experts Join the Housing Supply Accelerator to Guide Meaningful Action
NLC (National League of Cities)
MARCH 22, 2023
The United States housing supply is short nearly four million of what communities and residents need, even in areas that have previously experienced relatively stable markets. The impact of this is felt through low rates of housing vacancies or availability, rising rents, and high home purchase prices, and more.
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Examining the Role of Land Use and Regulations in Housing Development
NLC (National League of Cities)
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Housing Supply Accelerator Convening The Housing Supply Accelerator, a partnership between the National League of Cities (NLC) and the American Planning Association (APA), is dedicated to locally driven housing supply solutions.
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Thriving Communities TA: Helping Local Governments Coordinating Housing and Infrastructure
NLC (National League of Cities)
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Sarah Schaefer, social science analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Article by Pam Blumenthal, social science analyst, Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S.
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Beware the IoT data deluge: action for better social care and housing
Open Access Government - Technology News
JANUARY 27, 2023
How can we use IoT data to improve social care and housing to protect the elderly and vulnerable people? In fact, research from UNISON revealed that local authorities responsible for delivering social care and housing are facing a massive £2.1bn shortfall, which is expected to lead to huge service and staff cuts.
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Housing for Individuals with Disabilities
NLC (National League of Cities)
AUGUST 17, 2023
Individuals with a disability often struggle, like many today, to find adequate, accessible housing at affordable prices. Roughly 27% of adults in the United States live with a disability.
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Federal tax bill: What it could mean for affordable housing
GCN
JANUARY 31, 2024
COMMENTARY | Proposed federal tax incentives can make a huge difference in helping states like Oregon address the housing crisis.
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Housing crisis comes to Capitol Hill
GCN
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
While lawmakers acknowledge the national shortage of affordable housing, experts testifying before a Senate panel disagree over how to solve it.
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Philly’s New Violence Intervention Program Focuses On Stability And Support
Next City
MAY 4, 2023
Based on a successful model in Chicago, Philadelphia’s new initiative will provide housing and other need-based services to individuals at risk for gun violence to reduce shootings and incarceration rates.
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Amid a housing crisis, hospitals offer a dose of relief
GCN
MAY 10, 2024
The housing crisis may be too big for state and local governments to overcome. That’s why hospitals are stepping in to remedy housing and health care gaps.
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The Affordable Housing Crisis Grows While Efforts to Increase Supply Fall Short
GAO (US Government Accountability Office)
OCTOBER 12, 2023
Shortages of affordable housing are a long-standing challenge in the United States. High interest rates and low inventory are contributing to this issue, as is the growing number of millennials, who are looking for larger homes to raise families.
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HUD warns on AI-fueled housing discrimination
GCN
MAY 6, 2024
The Department of Housing and Urban Development confirmed characteristics like race and income are protected from AI algorithmic discrimination.
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The Impact of Infrastructure and Workforce Challenges on Local Housing Supply
NLC (National League of Cities)
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Housing Supply Accelerator Convening The Housing Supply Accelerator, a partnership between the National League of Cities (NLC) and the American Planning Association (APA), is dedicated to locally driven housing supply solutions.
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Panelists Propose Solutions to Improve the Efficacy of Housing Choice Vouchers
The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)
JUNE 10, 2024
Across the country, more than 5 million low-income Americans rely on housing choice vouchers to help cover their housing costs. Across the country, more than 5 million low-income Americans rely on housing choice vouchers to help cover their housing costs. I couldn't say that about the other three houses.
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