Regional Housing Legal Services

10/19/2026

Senior homelessness is an increasing problem across the country, putting strains on programs unequipped to deal with it. Partnerships can help, read more from Florida:

Aging and homelessness service providers are building partnerships to fill the gaps between two systems that have long operated separately.

10/16/2026

10/15/2026

The Fall 2026 Edition of Tenant Talk is Here! Download and order your physical copy today! - https://mailchi.mp/a36f2341e8ad/tenant_talk_17_2_launch_101526

10/13/2026

RHLS had the honor of working on this inclusive development in Pittsburgh. This bright, colorful building provides safety and comfort to a population that has had to navigate hostile social situations throughout their lives:

Updated October 7, 2026 at 4:10 PM. Voices of Mosaic Apartments On weekend nights in the 1970s, Beth Kukucka, then a high school senior in Cambria County, dodged rocks and bottles hurled at her whe…

10/08/2026

Interesting opinion piece on how partnerships can help fill the need for more stable and affordable rural housing. What do you think? How could a new partnership work for your organization?

An aging rural U.S. must do more to keep people healthy at home. To do this, advocates must ask hard questions and design better systems.

10/07/2026

Is social housing the future of affordability? What is social hosing? there can be wide variety in how to implement social housing, and what aspects to prioritize. Read these two examples in Shelterforce:

In recent years, Los Angeles and Seattle voters have approved major taxes to boost affordable housing using a “social housing” approach.

10/06/2026

Affordable housing just isn't affordable enough, meaning that sometimes low-cost homes sit empty! What can we do to bridge this gap? One possibility is to prioritize deeply affordable housing, read more:

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mathew Davis, who lives in a homeless shelter in Austin, Texas, would love an apartment of his own. But with the little money he makes donating blood plasma, even a $450-a-mon…

10/05/2026

Affordable housing is the biggest hurdle facing the formerly incarcerated. A unique program offers returning citizens a safe place to live. Read more from the Bay Area:

This housing innovation is designed to help people reenter society with dignity.

10/01/2026

"It is one of the central paradoxes of the nation’s housing crisis: The affordable homes that lower-income renters need most tend to be the costliest to build. Colorado is an exception."

In too many places it costs more to build than market-rate homes. Colorado is an exception, thanks to an array of policies that bring down costs.

09/30/2026

The point-in-time count, known as PIT, is a way to gauge the homeless population year over year. But capturing the youth population can be tricky, so investigators changed their approach. Read more:

The approach — known as respondent-driven sampling — has been used to estimate homeless populations in Washington’s King County since 2022.