Good News About Housing

People, governments, and organizations are addressing housing insecurity, homelessness, and affordable housing

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Good News This Week: March 7, 2026 - Gardens, Rainforests, & Paralympians

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Criminalizing homelessness isn't the answer. But these 3 proven interventions are

A recent study found that there was actually a 2.2% average increase in unsheltered homelessness in cities that implemented criminalization ordinances, compared to those that didn’t.

Kerwin Pittman, a black man in a suit with a blue collared shirt underneath, stands in front of the barbed-wire fence of a correctional facility, smiling

Former inmate buys prison to create housing and job training for other ex-convicts: 'From prison to purpose'

Kerwin Pittman is making history by turning an abandoned North Carolina correctional facility into a transitional housing development for other formerly incarcerated community members.

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Could 'agrihoods' — neighborhoods built around gardens — be the future of housing?

Agrihoods reimagine urban living by putting food, not cars, at the center of the community.

A long, abandoned house in New Mexico with red paint chipping off the exterior

New Mexico pays landlords to refurbish abandoned homes and rent to people experiencing homelessness

The statewide program, Rehab-2-Rental, solves multiple problems at once.

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Good News This Week: February 21, 2026 - Plants, Books, & Food Banks

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A digital rendering of an apartment complex called Appleseed Apartments in New Braunfels, Texas

This food bank is building an affordable housing complex right next door, because too often, 'rent eats first'

The New Braunfels Food Bank will soon be next-door neighbors to the Appleseed Apartments.

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Good News This Week: February 7, 2026 - Songs, Dogs, & Solar Panels

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Colorado is the first state to give cash back to renters, in a program designed to put home ownership in reach

The program is a first-in-the-nation effort to reward low-income tenants for paying rent on time.

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Colorful affordable housing complex looks like it came straight from a Wes Anderson movie

Volante, a new social housing scheme in the Netherlands, flips the script on affordable homes.

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Good News This Week: January 24, 2026 - Birds, Brass Bands, & Clinics

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A fire crew puts out a fire at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Spokane, Washington

After a fire burned this church down, they're rebuilding — and will include 22 units of affordable housing

Bethany Presbyterian Church in Spokane, Washington was seeking ways to confront the housing crisis for years. After the fire, the perfect opportunity presented itself.

Good News About Housing

People, governments, and organizations are addressing housing insecurity, homelessness, and affordable housing

Good News This Week: March 7, 2026 - Gardens, Rainforests, & Paralympians

Criminalizing homelessness isn't the answer. But these 3 proven interventions are

Former inmate buys prison to create housing and job training for other ex-convicts: 'From prison to purpose'

Could 'agrihoods' — neighborhoods built around gardens — be the future of housing?

New Mexico pays landlords to refurbish abandoned homes and rent to people experiencing homelessness

Good News This Week: February 21, 2026 - Plants, Books, & Food Banks

This food bank is building an affordable housing complex right next door, because too often, 'rent eats first'

Good News This Week: February 7, 2026 - Songs, Dogs, & Solar Panels

Colorado is the first state to give cash back to renters, in a program designed to put home ownership in reach

Colorful affordable housing complex looks like it came straight from a Wes Anderson movie

Good News This Week: January 24, 2026 - Birds, Brass Bands, & Clinics

After a fire burned this church down, they're rebuilding — and will include 22 units of affordable housing

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