Numbers for nonprofit-built homes have declined year-over-year since 2010. Is there a demand for lower-income homeownership opportunities that’s going unmet?

The damage done to Granbury, Texas, has disproportionately affected some of its most vulnerable citizens. Fundraising efforts proceed without the fanfare attracted by those on the East Coast.

The Anna Louise Inn has served as a women’s shelter in downtown Cincinnati for more than a century. But after a two-year court fight, it’s being forced to sell to a corporate entity intent upon gentrifying the neighborhood.

A local agency in North Carolina has created a comical video to raise awareness around zombie foreclosures.

As the U.K. deals with the inability of many young people to afford homeownership, does the plan of the G15 social housing coalition suggest a solution to London’s “Generation Rent” problem?

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has revised its state-by-state analysis of sequestration cuts. After a while, it’s just so many numbers, right? But there are real people in trouble behind these numbers.

In a recent New York Times op-ed, Joe Nocera reminds us of the importance of neighborhood-based nonprofits and neighborhood volunteerism in revitalizing troubled cities.

Integrating affordable housing into otherwise higher income complexes makes sense, but it’s not always easy, as this case from Carrboro, N.C. illustrates.

In our nation’s capital, ONE DC is confronting several powerful private and public entities to protect local residents’ interests in affordable housing and community development.

In a sign of trying economic conditions and an inadequate level of aid, thousands of people rioted in Taylor, Mich. last week after waiting for a chance to get Section 8 housing vouchers.

The Rosedale Ridge housing project in Kansas City, Kan. now offers free Wi-Fi service, potentially making a local school computer loan program more effective.

Those who are experienced with breakdowns in relationships between local government funders and nonprofit recipients know that the breakdowns frequently aren’t as sudden as they appear.

In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, diverse nonprofits are gaining prominent recognition as key resources not only for raising money, but also for building and rebuilding community.

More details are emerging as to the causes behind the demise of the community development corporation Housing Our Communities, which served the Mesa, Ariz. area for 24 years.

In Mesa, Ariz., the 24-year-old Housing our Communities, a nonprofit promoting homeownership, is closing its doors due to a lack of cash. But the description by observers of what led to the crisis is what interests us.

A Boston-based nonprofit that helps keep people in their homes via an innovative repurchase program is now being considered in Western Massachusetts.

In Marin County, Calif., film legend George Lucas has decided to scrap plans to build a new digital studio and instead offer land up for affordable housing, and not all neighbors are pleased.

A report from the Government Accountability Office on best practices in the use of community development block grant and HOME funds doesn’t include voices from the nonprofit sector.

Responding to the housing needs of the veterans and their families seems to be an obvious issue for public-private partnerships of nonprofits, banks, and the government.

Country singer and actor Tim McGraw has declared that he will give each of 25 veterans a mortgage-free house this summer as he tours the country with Kenny Chesney.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposes a balanced budget, but some nonprofit advocates say it comes at the expense of homeless youth, many of whom are LGBT teens.

A new government audit reveals that the U.S. Treasury Department’s $7.6 billion program to distribute aid to homeowners via nonprofits has been largely untapped.

It’s going to be an unfortunately busy year for nonprofits working with people facing foreclosure, as banks up the foreclosure rate in the wake of their settlement with the government.

The recent $25 billion mortgage settlement won’t alleviate the strain on most homeowners and neighborhoods. Nonprofits need to gear up their organizing and advocacy now more than ever.

A Special Cohen Investigation Part II

In the second of a two-part investigative report, Nonprofit Quarterly’s Rick Cohen uncovers the causes and effects of the International Humanities Center’s still-reverberating implosion.

The recent Countrywide discriminatory lending settlement may provide a degree of relief to some victims, but nonprofit housing counseling can often stop the foreclosure train before it leaves the station. Why, then, has Congress been so intent on zeroing out funding for housing counseling?

Habitat for Humanity International struggles to find the right balance between staying true to its mission and surviving—and even thriving—in the years ahead. But the network’s thrust to sustain and improve upon performance has meant rethinking its brand, cautiously exploring social innovation and entrepreneurialism, and even (more cautiously) trying out government funding. Despite the challenges, Habitat affiliates agree that in order to move forward they must evolve. As one affiliate opined, “We cannot allow the grass to grow too long under our feet.”

Longtime urban development leader Ben Hecht reflects on the 30-year evolution of his thinking about how to transform the lives of low-income people. Here, he shares a relatively recent epiphany that’s now being tested by Living Cities, the funder collaborative he heads.