Commentary: With Federal Cuts Looming, the Future of Affordable Housing in California Hangs in the Balance
As California grapples with one of the worst housing affordability crises in the nation, the question on…
Commentary: The Trump Administration Is About to Make the Homeless Problem Worse
The Trump administration’s Department of Housing and Urban Development is on the verge of making an already…
Housing Advocates Urge Congress to Reject Bill That Would Weaken Tenant Protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of more than 200 national, state, and local organizations has issued a…
Housing Advocates Warn of Rising Costs as Trump Administration Eyes HUD Cuts
Washington, D.C. – Housing advocates across the country are sounding the alarm as the Trump Administration considers…
National Housing Law Project Says It’s Ready to Fight for Tenants and ‘Save Our Homes’ in Wake of Elections
Washington, DC – In response to the national election results, the National Housing Law Project Executive Director…
Civil Rights Department Supports Reduction of Barriers to Housing for People with Criminal Records
Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA – The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) became the second major…
AG Bonta Supports Biden Administration Efforts to Reduce Barriers to Affordable Housing for Justice-Involved Individuals
Special to the Vanguard Oakland, CA – On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta submitted a comment…
Guest Commentary: Want to Make Communities Safer? Make Sure People Coming Home from Jail and Prison Have a Place to Live
By Nazish Dholakia It took two years of constant effort for Ashia Wilson to find a home…
Report: Why Cities Should See Housing First as Tool for Decarceration
By Audrey Sawyer WASHINGTON, DC – The Prison Policy Initiative examined over 50 studies and reports that…
Analysis of The White House Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights
National Housing Law Project presents the following analysis of The White House Blueprint for a Renters Bill…
HUD’s Critical Fair Housing Rule Seen As Major Step in Right Direction to Advance Fair and Affordable Housing and Strengthen Communities
Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – HUD announced on Thursday it will publish a Notice of…
Commentary: The Housing Insecurity to Prison Pipeline
By Davis M. Greenwald People often ask me how it is I focus on issues such as…
Commentary: COVID Emergency Measures Succeeded in Reducing Sheltered Homelessness
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor It is a modest decline for sure, but experts are hopeful…
HUD’s Latest Regulation Falls Short of Protecting Tenants
Special to the Vanguard Washington, DC – 49 civil rights, affordable housing, and tenants’ rights organizations, including…
Congress and Administration Reach Agreement That Could Lead to 1 Million Affordable Homes
By Vanguard Staff Washington, DC – The housing crisis is not just in California and now there…
Biden Administration Green Lights End to LGBTQ Housing Discrimination
By Jose Medina WASHINGTON D.C. – Despite the progress made from the Fair Housing Act of 1968,…
My View: A War on Fair Housing That Could Put Millions of People at Risk
By David M. Greenwald Last November the League of Women Voters brought Richard Rothstein to speak in…
Housing Advocates Warn Executive Order Will Not Stop Evictions
Housing experts fear that a wave of evictions will become the next COVID-19 crisis and, while the…
My View: Governor Newsom’s Full Court Press Attacks the Homeless Problem, but Is It Enough?
This week Governor Newsom has put on a full court press on the issue of homelessness, which…
Affordable Housing and Government Regulation
by Mark Dempsey Hardly a day passes without some politician or concerned citizen writing an editorial or…