What Does a Solidarity Economy Approach to Housing Look Like?

Advocates in the South Get Organized to Advance Tenants Rights

In states across the South, coalitions that include housing justice advocates, tenant leaders, and legal service providers are coming together to oppose anti-tenant policies and advance tenant rights. Nada Hussein, a research analyst at the National Low Income Housing Coalition, explains. Read Hussein's piece at https://shelterforce.org/2026/06/03/advocates-in-the-south-get-organized-to-advance-tenants-rights/ Music by ℗ Music by ComaStudio

In Eugene, Housing Advocates Call for a Tenant Right to Purchase Act

Housing advocates in Eugene, Oregon, are seeking to create a legislative framework that would allow tenants to collectively acquire multifamily buildings when a building comes up for sale. Shelterforce's Steve Dubb reports. Read the story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/05/29/in-eugene-housing-advocates-call-for-a-tenant-right-to-purchase-act/ Music by ℗ Music by ComaStudio

What Does a Solidarity Economy Approach to Housing Look Like?

What's the solidarity economy? In this Shelterforce webinar, we talk all-things solitary economy, learn how some organizations are employing its principles in their own communities, and ways these principles might be applied more broadly. Joining us are: —Alison Chopel, professor at the Graduate School of Planning, University of Puerto Rico. Chopel employs her research and design skills to support the development of community-owned housing as a strategy to resist displacement in San Juan. —Miki’ala Catelfano, co-founder and executive director of Native Roots Network, which is developing two land parcels and a network of cooperative enterprises—rooted in Indigenous knowledge, care, and community—near Redding, California.

In the Shadow of Grants Pass, Some Communities Reject Homeless Crackdowns

Three years after a major Supreme Court case, bills to criminalize homelessness and ban encampments have popped up widely. But here are some places that are fighting back. Reporting by Roshan Abraham, read by John Ludas. Read the full story at https://shelterforce.org/2026/05/21/in-the-shadow-of-grants-pass-some-communities-reject-homeless-crackdowns/ Music by ℗ Music by ComaStudio

What NYCHA's Heat Pump Strategy Says About the Future of Green Affordable Housing

New York City’s public housing authority plans to install 20,000 window heat pumps and 10,000 induction stoves over the next five years. The effort shows how large-scale procurement could help affordable housing providers cut emissions and lower the cost of green upgrades. Timi Koyejo , the housing and communities policy manager at the Climate and Community Institute, explains. Music by ℗ Music by ComaStudio