It could have been a peace summit. Instead, Trump clashed with senators inside ‘intense’ meeting. - POLITICO

The president arrived determined to prosecute his grudges against the Republican lawmakers who have opposed him...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/24/donald-trump-senate-lunch-00974397

BREAKING: Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill, until Congress passes the SAVE act

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEY99Sq2UZY

Gov. Whitmer announces construction of more than 600 affordable rental units across Michigan

More than $18.9 million in federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) will be used to fund the creation of the new rental units… The program provides tax incentives to developers who build or rehabilitate housing for low- and moderate-income households. These credits help reduce financing costs, making it possible to offer lower rents and long-term affordability…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/community/2026-06-22/gov-whitmer-announces-construction-of-more-than-600-rental-units-across-michigan

 

A shelter village provides a bridge to permanent housing

The Bridge is a fully enclosed campus with a bathhouse and community center. There are 48 tiny sleeping cabins, able to accommodate 56 adults. The shelter village cost $2.7 million. Two-thirds of the funding came from private donations, while the remaining third came from a county grant…

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5719817/a-shelter-village-provides-a-bridge-to-permanent-housing 

 

WATCH LIVE: Senate passes bipartisan housing bill | PBS News

The bill, which passed 89-10, would reduce regulations, regulate corporate investors and expand how housing dollars can be used to build affordable homes and rentals. It will now head back to the House, which passed a similar bill earlier this year…

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-senate-passes-bipartisan-housing-bill 

 

How Countries Nearly Eliminated Homelessness

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pTInM6_enV0

 

Why are people homeless?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o9C7DVdrExw

 

Trump's Plan For Homeless Concentration Camps | Jesse Rabinowitz | TMR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnK4qvtvWU

 

Democrats eye housing affordability as next weapon against Trump - The Washington Post

"There is a stark recognition in the electorate right now that there's not enough housing options, and we want our political leaders to be doing whatever they can to fix that," said Henry Honorof, director of the Welcoming Neighbors Network, which includes state and local pro-housing advocacy organizations across about two dozen states. "The candidates that are sticking to the status quo and wrapping themselves in NIMBYism are getting their butts handed to them."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/17/affordable-housing-democratic-plan/

 

Blow to hard right as Geert Wilders’s PVV loses seats in Dutch election - The Washington Post

Wednesday's election became a microcosm of competing visions in the West, with Wilders representing a staunchly anti-migrant and populist view in line with the U.S. MAGA movement and far-right parties across Europe, including France's National Rally.

Jetten's party embraced optimism, the politics of civility, affordable housing and a green agenda. "The positive forces have won!" Jetten posted on X. "I want to get to work for all Dutch people, because this is the land of us all!"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/30/netherlands-election-results-geert-wilders-rob-jetten/

Trump pushes forcible hospitalization of homeless people iwith order - The Washington Post

Critics immediately warned such policy threatens returning the nation to a darker era when people were often unjustly locked away in mental health institutions, and does nothing to help people afford housing...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/07/24/trump-homeless-forced-hospitalization-executive-order/

Veronika's Journey into Homelessness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL4plx7x0oE

The U.S. is facing a severe housing shortage. Will Trump's proposals help? (Tonya Mosley; Fresh Air podcast)

Heading into 2025, housing remains one of the most important issues on the minds of millions of Americans. For many, the dream of owning, or even renting, a place of their own is in peril. In some cities, people are paying $1 million for "starter" homes, while about half of renters are spending more than 30% of their income on housing.

Ben Keys, an economist with the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, characterizes the current market as "deeply unaffordable." Keys traces some of the current problems back to the financial crisis of 2008.

"We saw a collapse in construction, and so we just stopped building houses, we stopped building apartments for a few years there," he says. "Now we're seeing estimates of as much as four million houses that we're short."

Keys notes that new construction is occurring "at a snail's pace," due, in part, to the high cost of labor and materials and the difficulty of financing large projects. He says that zoning laws and land use restrictions can also contribute to a housing shortage: "[These] policies create a lot of hoops to jump through and make it challenging for developers who would like to build at the scale where they would like to build."

President-elect Donald Trump has suggested opening up federal land for development, but Keys questions the practicality of the plan.

"When we're thinking about this federal land out west, I'm pretty skeptical that we're going to see, you know, cities spring up out of whole cloth," he says. "Federal land seems promising, but as a solution to our affordability crisis, I just don't see it."
Interview: 

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/11/nx-s1-5223561/the-u-s-is-facing-a-severe-housing-shortage-will-trumps-proposals-help

 

Affordable housing in God’s backyard: Some religious congregations find a new use for their space

Despite the challenges, many houses of worship are constructing housing and changing the way people think about faith-based organizations' role in their communities...

https://theconversation.com/affordable-housing-in-gods-backyard-some-religious-congregations-find-a-new-use-for-their-space-226861

Homelessness Rose to Record Level This Year, Government Says - The New York Times

"The most significant causes are the shortage of affordable homes and the high cost of housing," said Jeff Olivet, head of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/15/us/politics/homelessness-record-level.html

Harlan Crow's Minions Are Keeping Your Rent High

"Harlan Crow isn't just corrupting our judiciary – he is actively fuelling the rental housing crisis through his support for one of America's biggest corporate landlord lobby groups. For too long, the slick landlord propagandists at NMHC have falsely portrayed themselves as the only "experts" who can solve the housing crisis. It's time the public sees NMHC for what they truly are – a greedy and predatory band of rent-gougers who exist only to make elites like Harlan Crow even richer."

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/harlan-crow-s-minions-are-keeping-your-rent-high

Homeless US student population 'highest in more than a decade' - BBC News

Most of the 1.5 million homeless schoolchildren stayed with other families or friends after losing their homes. But 7% lived in abandoned buildings or cars, the report by the National Centre for Homeless Education showed. It is often caused by job insecurity, unaffordable housing, domestic violence and recently the opioid crisis.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51370060

Another day, another attack on people of color from the Trump administration, this time at home

Not for nothing, while Donald Trump is threatening national security, he's also just messing with the domestic security of his favorite target, people of color. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is proposing a new rule to weaken fair housing enforcement in federal housing programs.....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/1/3/1909294/-Another-day-another-attack-on-people-of-color-from-the-Trump-administration-this-time-at-home

Ben Carson Shows He’s Not Actually Interested in Making Cities Affordable – Mother Jones

Last summer, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson sparked a glimmer of hope among (still-skeptical) housing advocates when he spoke in support of creating federal incentives for local governments to loosen restrictive zoning codes that make housing less affordable. On Friday, he extinguished it.....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/ben-carson-shows-hes-not-actually-interested-in-making-cities-affordable/

Economists identify an unseen force holding back affordable housing - The Washington Post

Homebuilders are consolidating, and economists find the decreased competition has led to higher prices and less construction.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/17/economists-identify-an-unseen-force-holding-back-affordable-housing/