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A Portland County Transcends its Rehousing Goals With 65% Drop in Homelessness

Clackamas County in Oregon, one of two counties into which Portland extends, has reduced the rate of homelessness by 65% from 2019 to 2023,...

Singapore’s 30 Year Ban on Cats in Government Housing is Lifted, Providing Millions of Felines with Citizenship

Singapore has decided to lift a 30-year ban on owning cats in government housing, in which about 80% of the 3.6 million inhabitants live. Singapore's...

When Builders in Maui Constructed Tiny Homes for Man’s Family, it Grew into Crowdfunded Rehousing Project

Buried under the 24-hour news cycles of the last few months, recovery in Lahaina is progressing, one tiny house at a time. William Fincher, an...

Apple Committed $2.5 Billion to Build Affordable Housing and Thousands of Units Have Already been Built

Citing a profound civic responsibility in the tech-heavy city of San Jose, CEO of Apple Inc. Tim Cook created a corporate fund to advance...

Detroit Students Build a House–Then Deliver it By Truck For Low Income Housing

It was a surreal sight for Pedro Rivera, a whole house was on the back of a trailer driving down a Detroit suburban road;...

Kansas City Gives Jobs to its Most Vulnerable Residents—And Housing Soon Followed

In a pilot program to address the homelessness problem in Kansas City, the state gave them part-time work which helped many of them secure...

New ‘Hometown Heroes Housing Program’ Helps Florida Teachers and First Responders Buy Their First Home

A statewide program launching on June 1 will help Florida residents in over 50 critical professions, including first responders and teachers, to purchase their...

Bronx Housing Complex Comes With Giant Machine Stomach to Turn All Food Waste Into Fertilizer

A new community housing development in the Bronx will feature a cool piece of kit: an on-site aerobic digester that can turn 1,100 pounds...

Airbnb is Setting Up 100,000 Refugees From Ukraine With Free Housing

Airbnb.org has announced it will offer free, short-term housing to up to 100,000 refugees fleeing Ukraine. Airbnb's co-founders have already sent letters to leaders across...

This New Mixed-Income Housing Complex Comes with its Own Farm Near San Francisco

Have you ever wanted to live on a farm, but without having to do all the hard work or needing to drive an hour...

Realtor Transforms Abandoned Properties into Tiny Home Villages That Give Permanent Housing to Chronic Homeless

A realtor in Missouri is determined to make her hometown “a city where no one sleeps outside.” For nine years Linda Brown and her husband...

Affordable Housing Landlord Starts Eviction Fund and is Shocked –Raising $9Mil Kept 3,000 Families in Their Homes

When Marjy Stagmeier was 11 years old, she was the Monopoly champion of her 6th grade class in Atlanta Georgia—and she knew right then...

This Brilliant Low-Income Housing in Colombia is Made From Coffee Waste

In a country with both housing shortages and world-leading coffee production, a small construction company has, quite brilliantly, found a way to leverage one...

Amazon Launches $2 Billion Housing Fund to Make 20,000 Affordable Homes Available for Working Families in 3 Cities

Amazon this month unveiled a new Housing Equity Fund, investing more than $2 billion to preserve and create over 20,000 affordable housing units in...

Innovative Renovations of Old Hotels Make Perfect Affordable Housing –Including Great Amenities

In Branson, Missouri, an old Days Inn hotel which has been vacant for 8 years has found new life, and been given a noble...

A City in Alaska is Housing its Homeless – Which Makes It Possibly The ‘Nicest Place’ in America

Anchorage, Alaska, a city known for its cold climate is warming hearts by housing its homeless in private homes during the coronavirus crisis.

Charles Barkley is Auctioning Off His Award ‘Clutter’ to Fund Affordable Housing in His Hometown

The retired NBA star plans on using the proceeds from the memorabilia to build at least 20 affordable houses in Leeds, Alabama.

Crafty Denver Nonprofit Snags Old Hotel and Turns it into ‘Instant Housing’ for Low-Income and Homeless

This Denver nonprofit bought an old hotel building and turned it into instant housing for low-income individuals and homeless residents.

After Debuting World’s Largest 3D-Printed Building, Startup is Set to Bring Affordable Housing to US

The 2-story building was printed on-site in Dubai with the help of just three workers—and the engineers now hope to build similar structures in the US.

14 of the Largest US Hospitals and Health Systems Are Investing $700 Million into Affordable Housing

The Healthcare Alliance Network hopes that by investing in communities, they will help close the economic gap that leads to the nation's health problems.