Youth homelessness isn’t always visible.
Behind the scenes are young people navigating housing instability, trauma, and systems that aren’t built for them.
There’s more to the story than what we see.
See interview: bit.ly/3NDLe3Y
#YouthHomelessness #HousingCrisis #CommunityImpact #Shelterforce
What does real support for youth look like?
Watch how Milwaukee leaders are helping young people find stability: 🎥 bit.ly/3NDLe3Y
#HousingJustice #YouthSupport #WomenLeaders #Shelterforce
Affordability isn’t just the initial price—it’s what happens over time. A look at condo conversions in Portland.
Read here: bit.ly/4snmE5U
#Shelterforce #AffordableHousing #HousingCrisis
Raising wages isn’t just about inflation—it’s about rent. Shelterforce's Frances Nguyen takes a closer look at how Santa Fe connected minimum wage increases to housing costs, and what it could mean for other cities.
🎧 Listen to the story: apple.co/3ZB2MAc
#HousingEquity #LaborPolicy #Shelterforce
Permanent housing saves lives. A court just protected it—at least for now.
👉 bit.ly/45Tubke
#HousingFirst #NextCity #Shelterforce
When federal housing policy shifts overnight, people feel it immediately. A judge just pressed pause.
👉 bit.ly/45Tubke
#Homelessness #Shelterforce #NextCity
🎧 Now available in audio
Why HUD’s criticism of Boston and Minneapolis gets fair housing law wrong—and why equity-focused, race-neutral policies are not just legal, but required under the Fair Housing Act.
Listen here:
apple.co/4r14wi9
#FairHousing #HousingJustice #CivilRights #Shelterforce
New this week from Shelterforce:
🎨 Art amplifies voices from NYC shelters
🏢 Why a longtime CDC is selling affordable homes
📜 What happened to “Renter’s Choice” laws?
Read more: conta.cc/4rK3fvN
#HousingJustice #AffordableHousing #TenantRights #Homelessness #NonprofitHousing #Shelterforce
A judge blocked HUD’s attempt to overhaul homelessness funding—for now. Providers say the changes would have caused real harm.
👉 bit.ly/45Tubke
#HousingJustice #NextCity #Shelterforce
This week at Shelterforce:
How cities are tackling rising rents, testing condo conversions, and redefining what racial equity in housing really means.
🗞️ Read the newsletter: conta.cc/3ZYBFyR
#HousingPolicy #AffordableHousing #HousingEquity #Shelterforce
What is TOPA—and what isn’t it?
This video explains tenant opportunity to purchase laws and clears up common myths.
bit.ly/3NDrf4O
#TOPA #TenantRights #HousingPolicy #Shelterforce
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Walkability matters. Designing parking so cars don’t dominate creates safer, healthier communities.
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#WalkableCommunities #UrbanDesign #HealthyNeighborhoods #Walkability #UrbanPlanning #CommunityDesign #HumanCenteredDesign #AffordableHousing #TransportationPlanning #Shelterforce
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Design can reduce loneliness. Porches, stoops, and gardens help neighbors connect naturally.
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New Orleans’s “Healthy Homes” law lets landlords self-certify. Many “habitable” units still have mold, leaks, and unsafe heat.
🔗 bit.ly/4qdmVXY
#HealthyHomes #HousingJustice #NewOrleans #RentalCrisis #TenantRights #CodeEnforcement #ClimateResilience #Shelterforce
Housing insecurity is trauma—and dangerous living conditions make it worse. New Orleans renters face heat, mold, and collapsing homes.
Listen here: 🎧 apple.co/4skHKTB
#SafeHousing #ClimateJustice #HealthyHomes #TenantSafety #NewOrleansHousing #HousingEquity #Shelterforce
“Housing First has faltered not because its logic is flawed, but because it has been forced to operate within a profit-driven housing system defined by scarcity, speculation, and rising rents.”
Read more 👉 bit.ly/44la4L7
#SystemsChange #AffordableHousing #HousingFirst #Shelterforce
The Housing First model is being abandoned in favor of punitive approaches. Here's why we must fight back.
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#Homelessness #HousingPolicy #Shelterforce
"Let the resources reach the roots—where workers channel change."
"A Memphis Love Letter" celebrates the everyday leaders, culture keepers, and visionaries who make the city—and so many others like it—thrive.
Read the full poem: bit.ly/48CiCzy
#Memphis #CommunityPower #Poetry #Shelterforce
Three must-read stories in this week’s Shelterforce newsletter: conta.cc/48jfd7k
🏠 Why We Must Fight for Housing First
🏚️ Healthy Homes or Hollow Promises?
🏡 Beyond Basic Standards
#Habitability #DesignForDignity #Shelterforce
Public camping as workforce housing?
A Colorado town allows temporary employee camping to fill housing gaps—raising tough questions about who is truly responsible for solving a town’s affordable housing needs.
🎧 Listen here: apple.co/47FHeqP
#HousingPolicy #WorkforceHousing #Zoning #Shelterforce
From Santa Cruz to New York City, local ballot measures are reshaping housing policy.
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
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
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
