States and localities have options to secure additional revenue for their efforts to address housing affordability.

Housing is a basic need for all people — yet across the country, over 22.6 million renter households are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing — the widely considered threshold...

Key Findings35 states and D.C. use state dollars to fund rental assistance programs5 states created new rental assistance programs in their 2023-2024 legislative sessionsMost state rental assistance.....

July 24, 2025: In a nation as wealthy as ours, we can solve big problems like homelessness and ensure no one is forced to sleep outside, in their car, or in a shelter. And we can do it while respectin...

Our communities are safer when each person has a stable place to call home. Policies that improve access to housing assistance together with robust, voluntary services have been shown to both prevent....

Key Findings35 states and D.C. use state dollars to fund rental assistance programs5 states created new rental assistance programs in their 2023-2024 legislative sessionsMost state rental assistance.....

Key FindingsRental assistance increases housing stability and reduces homelessnessState policymakers should fund rental assistance programs alongside increasing housing supply and expanding tenant...

Everyone needs and should have a place they can call home. Yet housing is unaffordable for more people than ever in the United States, including most low-income renters. For people with the lowest...

The Trump Administration’s partial budget plan released today is just its latest repudiation of the Trump campaign’s promises to help people struggling at the margins of the economy — an economy that ...

Last year, California cities gained more power to ban homeless encampments. CalMatters dug into what that looks like in three cities.

Homelessness has risen sharply since 2023, new data show. The research is clear: rental assistance promotes housing stability and is key to solving homelessness. Reducing, and ultimately solving,...

Budget and policy highlights Decisions behind the governor's budget proposal, highlighting major areas of change. Agency recommendation summaries The differences in funding and FTEs between each

Federal rental assistance helps struggling seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and working families keep a roof over their heads, often by helping them afford rental units they find in the pr...

Homelessness has risen sharply since 2023, new data show. The research is clear: rental assistance promotes housing stability and is key to solving homelessness. Reducing, and ultimately solving,...

House Republicans are sifting through potential spending-cut proposals that would slash trillions of dollars from federal programs over the next decade without touching the political hot stove of Soci...

Homelessness has risen sharply since 2023, new data show. The research is clear: rental assistance promotes housing stability and is key to solving homelessness. Reducing, and ultimately solving,...

She told a police officer she was in labor. The Louisville Metro Police Department lieutenant cited her for unlawful camping as the ambulance arrived. She had a baby later that day.

Everyone should have an affordable place to live.In the face of the persistent housing affordability crisis, rising eviction rates in many parts of the country, and ongoing threats against unhoused...