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In Cambridge, Mass., residents speak positively of the renovations to their public housing stock. The housing authority ...

In the memoir Staking Our Claim, Pat Morrissy talks about the early days of Shelterforce, organizing for rent control laws in NJ towns, and supporting tenant leaders in their fights for better homes.

A Massachusetts initiative uncovers how fragmented programs make healthy homes harder to achieve—and helps local leaders ...

Robert Lopez is a freelance writer based in North Carolina. He has worked in the journalism field for more than 20 years and has written for, among other publications, the Houston Chronicle, ...

A program started in Roswell, New Mexico, has gone statewide. Here's how Rehab-2-Rental works, and what's to come.