As the mortgage industry becomes further automated, can artificial intelligence expand access to loans for excluded borrowers ...

Under the Lens series are Shelterforce’s deep dives into specific topics. Here you’ll find features, explainers, solutions, opinion, and conversation around crucial themes in the housing and community ...

Tenant screening tools can make life easier for landlords, but reports show that the information in the reports is often ...

Tenant-serving technology that helps renters identify landlords, respond to eviction, fight back against housing ...

Keeping our heads down and our language inoffensive is not the right response to the times we’re in. Solidarity and courage ...

Can the proper guardrails be put in place so “innovative” tech tools don't exacerbate the affordable housing crisis? Our ...

With higher-valued properties under assessed and lower-valued properties over assessed, advocates say there's still a problem ...

Shelterforce's Lillian Ortiz explains what you can expect in our new Under the Lens series—How Tech is Changing Housing.

When it comes to President-elect Donald Trump’s policy stances on HUD, there are a lot of unknowns. Housing advocates aren’t exactly sure what to expect, but they’re looking to the president-elect’s ...

It’s the same story in city after city. Unsafe and unhealthy living conditions; exorbitant rent increases; buildingwide evictions; and unresponsive landlords. It’s no surprise that the fight for ...

Neighborhood connections and animal companions matter to aging with dignity, and how we build can support them. Here’s a human-scale proposal for aging in place. Some evenings, as the sun lowers ...

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program awards billions in tax credits each year to private market investors and developers who promise to build or preserve affordable housing. But the ...