Measures include supporting the production of mobile homes and tiny houses, and piloting new ways of financing. But federal money isn’t all it will take to change how, and where, people want to live.

The high-end project is clearing motels that provide an informal safety net for low-income renters. Officials say the motels are rife with code violations.

A new book by Jenny Schuetz, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, sheds light on possible solutions.

In Los Angeles, where there’s a housing crisis, the pandemic has some looking at the “adaptive reuse” of under-used office buildings.

A Colorado community is building affordable housing that uses solar power to offset its carbon emissions, thanks to its location.

Many New York basement apartments flooded in September. Most of the hardest-hit residents were low-income, and most were immigrants.

Advocates had high hopes for the $320 billion initially included for housing, but the plan’s funding is being cut during negotiations.

But cities, who don’t want to give up sales tax revenue, and stores may not be quick to give up mall space.

Most tax credits from a program encouraging developers to build or renovate affordable units went to majority-Black neighborhoods.

But how much can the federal government do about affordability?