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1/ Housing problems like inadequate heating, water damage, and pest infestations don't only affect your health. These issues also make the housing crisis worse. We're putting housing quality under the lens in our new series, Fit to Live in: Fixing Our Housing Stock. bit.ly/UTLhabitabil...
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"While the housing application system in New York doesn’t explicitly exclude Chinese-speaking seniors, it silently expects them to adapt to structures that were never designed with them in mind."
Here are 4 ways policymakers can help fix it: bit.ly/48kgLOP
#LanguageAccess #SeniorHousing
Here are 4 ways policymakers can help fix it: bit.ly/48kgLOP
#LanguageAccess #SeniorHousing
Four Ways to Address the Housing Challenges Older Chinese Immigrants Face
For seniors with limited English and tech proficiency, navigating New York's affordable housing system is a challenge.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"While the housing application system in New York doesn’t explicitly exclude Chinese-speaking seniors, it silently expects them to adapt to structures that were never designed with them in mind."
Here are 4 ways policymakers can help fix it: bit.ly/48kgLOP
#LanguageAccess #SeniorHousing
Here are 4 ways policymakers can help fix it: bit.ly/48kgLOP
#LanguageAccess #SeniorHousing
Evanston’s reparations, community land trusts, tenant protections—each advances equity differently.
Shelterforce explores 3 frameworks for racial equity in housing.
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#HousingJustice #Equity
Shelterforce explores 3 frameworks for racial equity in housing.
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#HousingJustice #Equity
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Evanston’s reparations, community land trusts, tenant protections—each advances equity differently.
Shelterforce explores 3 frameworks for racial equity in housing.
📰 buff.ly/98k4ZjR
#HousingJustice #Equity
Shelterforce explores 3 frameworks for racial equity in housing.
📰 buff.ly/98k4ZjR
#HousingJustice #Equity
Who is truly responsible for solving a town’s affordable housing needs?
A situation in Buena Vista, Colorado, highlights the complexities involved in addressing housing shortages.
Read the story: bit.ly/4p5cw04
#AffordableHousing #WorkforceHousing #Colorado
A situation in Buena Vista, Colorado, highlights the complexities involved in addressing housing shortages.
Read the story: bit.ly/4p5cw04
#AffordableHousing #WorkforceHousing #Colorado
Inside the Colorado Town Where Public Camping Is Considered Workforce Housing
To ease the burden of finding affordable housing, Buena Vista officials say businesses can let employees live on their property—temporarily.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Who is truly responsible for solving a town’s affordable housing needs?
A situation in Buena Vista, Colorado, highlights the complexities involved in addressing housing shortages.
Read the story: bit.ly/4p5cw04
#AffordableHousing #WorkforceHousing #Colorado
A situation in Buena Vista, Colorado, highlights the complexities involved in addressing housing shortages.
Read the story: bit.ly/4p5cw04
#AffordableHousing #WorkforceHousing #Colorado
Local governments are stepping up on housing as federal funds fall short.
Here’s what voters approved this year: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#AffordableHousing #HousingJustice
Here’s what voters approved this year: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#AffordableHousing #HousingJustice
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November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Local governments are stepping up on housing as federal funds fall short.
Here’s what voters approved this year: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#AffordableHousing #HousingJustice
Here’s what voters approved this year: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#AffordableHousing #HousingJustice
How “matchmakers” help churches build affordable housing—without getting exploited.
“Faith communities are perfect to do housing—centering people.”
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/47lyhCR
#FaithBasedDevelopment #AffordableHousing
“Faith communities are perfect to do housing—centering people.”
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/47lyhCR
#FaithBasedDevelopment #AffordableHousing
The Matchmakers Bringing Churches and Developers Together
Several groups are serving as mediators for faith-based development, helping congregations access funding, navigate long-term development processes, and avoid developer exploitation. Shelterforce's Fr
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November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
How “matchmakers” help churches build affordable housing—without getting exploited.
“Faith communities are perfect to do housing—centering people.”
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/47lyhCR
#FaithBasedDevelopment #AffordableHousing
“Faith communities are perfect to do housing—centering people.”
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/47lyhCR
#FaithBasedDevelopment #AffordableHousing
Inclusive, Transformative, or Reparative—what kind of housing equity are we pursuing?
Shelterforce breaks down 3 frameworks shaping racial equity in housing.
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#FairHousing #Policy
Shelterforce breaks down 3 frameworks shaping racial equity in housing.
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#FairHousing #Policy
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Inclusive, Transformative, or Reparative—what kind of housing equity are we pursuing?
Shelterforce breaks down 3 frameworks shaping racial equity in housing.
📰 buff.ly/98k4ZjR
#FairHousing #Policy
Shelterforce breaks down 3 frameworks shaping racial equity in housing.
📰 buff.ly/98k4ZjR
#FairHousing #Policy
"While the housing application system in New York doesn’t explicitly exclude Chinese-speaking seniors, it silently expects them to adapt to structures that were never designed with them in mind."
Read more: bit.ly/48kgLOP
#HousingEquity #Aging #ImmigrantRights
Read more: bit.ly/48kgLOP
#HousingEquity #Aging #ImmigrantRights
Four Ways to Address the Housing Challenges Older Chinese Immigrants Face
For seniors with limited English and tech proficiency, navigating New York's affordable housing system is a challenge.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"While the housing application system in New York doesn’t explicitly exclude Chinese-speaking seniors, it silently expects them to adapt to structures that were never designed with them in mind."
Read more: bit.ly/48kgLOP
#HousingEquity #Aging #ImmigrantRights
Read more: bit.ly/48kgLOP
#HousingEquity #Aging #ImmigrantRights
From Santa Cruz to New York City, local ballot measures are reshaping housing policy.
Shelterforce explains how: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#HousingPolicy #Shelterforce
Shelterforce explains how: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#HousingPolicy #Shelterforce
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November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
From Santa Cruz to New York City, local ballot measures are reshaping housing policy.
Shelterforce explains how: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#HousingPolicy #Shelterforce
Shelterforce explains how: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#HousingPolicy #Shelterforce
“Frugal only is the way I think.”
In “The Homeless Stretch,” poet Jacob Folger invites us to see—and feel—the quiet ingenuity and exhaustion of living without enough.
His story asks us to stretch our empathy, too.
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/47VYQ1D
#Homelessness #Humanity #Shelterforce #Poetry
In “The Homeless Stretch,” poet Jacob Folger invites us to see—and feel—the quiet ingenuity and exhaustion of living without enough.
His story asks us to stretch our empathy, too.
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/47VYQ1D
#Homelessness #Humanity #Shelterforce #Poetry
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“Frugal only is the way I think.”
In “The Homeless Stretch,” poet Jacob Folger invites us to see—and feel—the quiet ingenuity and exhaustion of living without enough.
His story asks us to stretch our empathy, too.
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/47VYQ1D
#Homelessness #Humanity #Shelterforce #Poetry
In “The Homeless Stretch,” poet Jacob Folger invites us to see—and feel—the quiet ingenuity and exhaustion of living without enough.
His story asks us to stretch our empathy, too.
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/47VYQ1D
#Homelessness #Humanity #Shelterforce #Poetry
1/ Housing problems like inadequate heating, water damage, and pest infestations don't only affect your health. These issues also make the housing crisis worse. We're putting housing quality under the lens in our new series, Fit to Live in: Fixing Our Housing Stock. bit.ly/UTLhabitabil...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
1/ Housing problems like inadequate heating, water damage, and pest infestations don't only affect your health. These issues also make the housing crisis worse. We're putting housing quality under the lens in our new series, Fit to Live in: Fixing Our Housing Stock. bit.ly/UTLhabitabil...
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Buena Vista officials passed an ordinance allowing temporary camping at certain business properties.
But who is truly responsible for solving the town’s affordable housing needs?
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4reUI4G
#HousingJustice #Zoning #WorkforceHousing #CommunityDevelopment #Shelterforce
But who is truly responsible for solving the town’s affordable housing needs?
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4reUI4G
#HousingJustice #Zoning #WorkforceHousing #CommunityDevelopment #Shelterforce
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Buena Vista officials passed an ordinance allowing temporary camping at certain business properties.
But who is truly responsible for solving the town’s affordable housing needs?
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4reUI4G
#HousingJustice #Zoning #WorkforceHousing #CommunityDevelopment #Shelterforce
But who is truly responsible for solving the town’s affordable housing needs?
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4reUI4G
#HousingJustice #Zoning #WorkforceHousing #CommunityDevelopment #Shelterforce
When voters think about rent, housing policy wins (mostly).
Read the breakdown of the 2025 housing ballot results across the country: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#Elections2025 #Shelterforce
Read the breakdown of the 2025 housing ballot results across the country: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#Elections2025 #Shelterforce
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
When voters think about rent, housing policy wins (mostly).
Read the breakdown of the 2025 housing ballot results across the country: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#Elections2025 #Shelterforce
Read the breakdown of the 2025 housing ballot results across the country: bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#Elections2025 #Shelterforce
NYCHA calls it “revolutionary.” Residents call it displacement.
Read Shelterforce’s story on Chelsea’s public housing fight → bit.ly/3LnAIMQ
#TenantPower #PublicHousing
Read Shelterforce’s story on Chelsea’s public housing fight → bit.ly/3LnAIMQ
#TenantPower #PublicHousing
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NYCHA calls it “revolutionary.” Residents call it displacement.
Read Shelterforce’s story on Chelsea’s public housing fight → bit.ly/3LnAIMQ
#TenantPower #PublicHousing
Read Shelterforce’s story on Chelsea’s public housing fight → bit.ly/3LnAIMQ
#TenantPower #PublicHousing
Housing so bad that mushrooms grow from the ceiling.
After years of leaks, mold, and no heat, tenants are banding together across 20 buildings to push for change.
🏙️ Read their story → bit.ly/47EBZYw
#TenantRights #AffordableHousing #RentStrike #HousingJustice #Shelterforce
After years of leaks, mold, and no heat, tenants are banding together across 20 buildings to push for change.
🏙️ Read their story → bit.ly/47EBZYw
#TenantRights #AffordableHousing #RentStrike #HousingJustice #Shelterforce
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Housing so bad that mushrooms grow from the ceiling.
After years of leaks, mold, and no heat, tenants are banding together across 20 buildings to push for change.
🏙️ Read their story → bit.ly/47EBZYw
#TenantRights #AffordableHousing #RentStrike #HousingJustice #Shelterforce
After years of leaks, mold, and no heat, tenants are banding together across 20 buildings to push for change.
🏙️ Read their story → bit.ly/47EBZYw
#TenantRights #AffordableHousing #RentStrike #HousingJustice #Shelterforce
For low-income Chinese seniors in NYC, the housing crisis goes beyond affordability—it’s about being seen, heard, and included.
Tianli Cheng—who helps seniors navigate the system—offers four strategies to make housing more equitable for older immigrants.
Read here:
Tianli Cheng—who helps seniors navigate the system—offers four strategies to make housing more equitable for older immigrants.
Read here:
Four Ways to Address the Housing Challenges Older Chinese Immigrants Face
For seniors with limited English and tech proficiency, navigating New York's affordable housing system is a challenge.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For low-income Chinese seniors in NYC, the housing crisis goes beyond affordability—it’s about being seen, heard, and included.
Tianli Cheng—who helps seniors navigate the system—offers four strategies to make housing more equitable for older immigrants.
Read here:
Tianli Cheng—who helps seniors navigate the system—offers four strategies to make housing more equitable for older immigrants.
Read here:
Stretching every resource. Every ounce of humor. Every shred of hope.
In The Homeless Stretch, Jacob Folger finds things to hold on to in the coldest hours.
bit.ly/4qQ4Pg7
#Poetry #Homelessness #Community
In The Homeless Stretch, Jacob Folger finds things to hold on to in the coldest hours.
bit.ly/4qQ4Pg7
#Poetry #Homelessness #Community
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Stretching every resource. Every ounce of humor. Every shred of hope.
In The Homeless Stretch, Jacob Folger finds things to hold on to in the coldest hours.
bit.ly/4qQ4Pg7
#Poetry #Homelessness #Community
In The Homeless Stretch, Jacob Folger finds things to hold on to in the coldest hours.
bit.ly/4qQ4Pg7
#Poetry #Homelessness #Community
This week at Shelterforce:
– Are Opportunity Zones helping communities or just investors?
– Honoring tenant advocates Michael McKee & Joan Pransky
– A Memphis Love Letter to caretakers & waymakers
– Updates on Section 8 and D.C.’s TOPA law
Read the stories & support housing justice: conta.cc/3LOE4IJ
– Are Opportunity Zones helping communities or just investors?
– Honoring tenant advocates Michael McKee & Joan Pransky
– A Memphis Love Letter to caretakers & waymakers
– Updates on Section 8 and D.C.’s TOPA law
Read the stories & support housing justice: conta.cc/3LOE4IJ
Shelterforce: Essential Reporting on Affordable Housing
Shelterforce reports on affordable housing, homeownership, community planning, organizing, the future of community development, and more.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This week at Shelterforce:
– Are Opportunity Zones helping communities or just investors?
– Honoring tenant advocates Michael McKee & Joan Pransky
– A Memphis Love Letter to caretakers & waymakers
– Updates on Section 8 and D.C.’s TOPA law
Read the stories & support housing justice: conta.cc/3LOE4IJ
– Are Opportunity Zones helping communities or just investors?
– Honoring tenant advocates Michael McKee & Joan Pransky
– A Memphis Love Letter to caretakers & waymakers
– Updates on Section 8 and D.C.’s TOPA law
Read the stories & support housing justice: conta.cc/3LOE4IJ
Voters across the U.S. mostly approved key housing measures—from new funding in CA & CO to tenant protections in WA. Shelterforce breaks down what passed, what didn't, and what it all means.
👉 bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#HousingJustice #AffordableHousing
👉 bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#HousingJustice #AffordableHousing
Which Housing Measures Passed in This Election?
Multiple states and localities brought affordable housing measures to the polls in 2025, to varying results.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Voters across the U.S. mostly approved key housing measures—from new funding in CA & CO to tenant protections in WA. Shelterforce breaks down what passed, what didn't, and what it all means.
👉 bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#HousingJustice #AffordableHousing
👉 bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#HousingJustice #AffordableHousing
When voters think about rent, housing policy wins (mostly). Read Shelterforce’s breakdown of the 2025 housing ballot results across the country. bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#Elections2025 #NextCity
#Elections2025 #NextCity
Which Housing Measures Passed in This Election?
Multiple states and localities brought affordable housing measures to the polls in 2025, to varying results.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
When voters think about rent, housing policy wins (mostly). Read Shelterforce’s breakdown of the 2025 housing ballot results across the country. bit.ly/3LHVUNK
#Elections2025 #NextCity
#Elections2025 #NextCity
Policy is shifting, investment is rising, and stakes are high.
“We need cues from biotech, not IT—if we go fast and break things, we break someone’s financial life.” — Syeed Mansur, GreenLyne
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/4omeGZq
#AI #FairHousing #ConsumerProtection #Shelterforce
“We need cues from biotech, not IT—if we go fast and break things, we break someone’s financial life.” — Syeed Mansur, GreenLyne
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/4omeGZq
#AI #FairHousing #ConsumerProtection #Shelterforce
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Policy is shifting, investment is rising, and stakes are high.
“We need cues from biotech, not IT—if we go fast and break things, we break someone’s financial life.” — Syeed Mansur, GreenLyne
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/4omeGZq
#AI #FairHousing #ConsumerProtection #Shelterforce
“We need cues from biotech, not IT—if we go fast and break things, we break someone’s financial life.” — Syeed Mansur, GreenLyne
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/4omeGZq
#AI #FairHousing #ConsumerProtection #Shelterforce
What does it really mean to increase racial equity in housing?
Shelterforce outlines 3 frameworks—inclusive, transformative, and reparative—and why knowing the difference matters.
📰 buff.ly/98k4ZjR
#HousingJustice #Equity
Shelterforce outlines 3 frameworks—inclusive, transformative, and reparative—and why knowing the difference matters.
📰 buff.ly/98k4ZjR
#HousingJustice #Equity
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What does it really mean to increase racial equity in housing?
Shelterforce outlines 3 frameworks—inclusive, transformative, and reparative—and why knowing the difference matters.
📰 buff.ly/98k4ZjR
#HousingJustice #Equity
Shelterforce outlines 3 frameworks—inclusive, transformative, and reparative—and why knowing the difference matters.
📰 buff.ly/98k4ZjR
#HousingJustice #Equity
To help ease the burden of finding affordable housing, officials in Buena Vista say employees can live on their employer's property—but only temporarily.
Read the full story: bit.ly/4p5cw04
#HousingCrisis #WorkforceHousing #AffordableHousing #Colorado #Shelterforce
Read the full story: bit.ly/4p5cw04
#HousingCrisis #WorkforceHousing #AffordableHousing #Colorado #Shelterforce
Inside the Colorado Town Where Public Camping Is Considered Workforce Housing
To ease the burden of finding affordable housing, Buena Vista officials say businesses can let employees live on their property—temporarily.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
To help ease the burden of finding affordable housing, officials in Buena Vista say employees can live on their employer's property—but only temporarily.
Read the full story: bit.ly/4p5cw04
#HousingCrisis #WorkforceHousing #AffordableHousing #Colorado #Shelterforce
Read the full story: bit.ly/4p5cw04
#HousingCrisis #WorkforceHousing #AffordableHousing #Colorado #Shelterforce
Jacob Folger spent 13 years homeless. His poem The Homeless Stretch tells that story through small acts of faith and endurance.
“Stretch my smile for there still is hope.”
bit.ly/4qQ4Pg7
#Homelessness #Resilience #Shelterforce
“Stretch my smile for there still is hope.”
bit.ly/4qQ4Pg7
#Homelessness #Resilience #Shelterforce
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Jacob Folger spent 13 years homeless. His poem The Homeless Stretch tells that story through small acts of faith and endurance.
“Stretch my smile for there still is hope.”
bit.ly/4qQ4Pg7
#Homelessness #Resilience #Shelterforce
“Stretch my smile for there still is hope.”
bit.ly/4qQ4Pg7
#Homelessness #Resilience #Shelterforce
For years, tenants who live in properties tied to the Pinnacle Group have lived with broken elevators, mold, power outages, lack of heating, and pest problems.
Now they're uniting across 20 buildings to demand repairs, accountability, and control over their homes.
Read here
Now they're uniting across 20 buildings to demand repairs, accountability, and control over their homes.
Read here
Rats, Faulty Heating, and Mushrooms on the Ceiling: Inside the Fight Against Pinnacle
As more than 5,000 rent-stabilized units head for auction, residents warn would-be buyers of disrepair that made those units unlivable.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For years, tenants who live in properties tied to the Pinnacle Group have lived with broken elevators, mold, power outages, lack of heating, and pest problems.
Now they're uniting across 20 buildings to demand repairs, accountability, and control over their homes.
Read here
Now they're uniting across 20 buildings to demand repairs, accountability, and control over their homes.
Read here
Chicago’s Community WEB is showing what it takes to make community ownership the rule, not the exception.
📖 bit.ly/4qDHjm9
#CommunityWealth #PolicyInnovation
📖 bit.ly/4qDHjm9
#CommunityWealth #PolicyInnovation
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Chicago’s Community WEB is showing what it takes to make community ownership the rule, not the exception.
📖 bit.ly/4qDHjm9
#CommunityWealth #PolicyInnovation
📖 bit.ly/4qDHjm9
#CommunityWealth #PolicyInnovation