Shirley Sherrod is a familiar name to those who know about community land trusts (CLTs), entities where a nonprofit corporation owns the land, keeping it affordable, while community members own the homes that rest upon it. Sherrod, who is speaking Wednesday, Feb.

Climate and sustainability haven't always been first in the minds of the people who live in the Talbot-Triangle Eco-Innovation District in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and the surrounding community. Gail Latimore, executive director of Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp. (CSNDC), knows this.

In Texas, Foundation Communities, a NeighborWorks organization, is working hard to keep residents housed with the help of an emergency fund. So far, they've helped more than 700 residents with rental assistance. A grant from NeighborWorks America, in partnership with the Wells Fargo Foundation, made a difference. 

The gap between Black and white homeownership widened this year, according Harvard's annual housing study, released last week from the university's Joint Center for Housing Studies. A panel moderated by the Wall Street Journal's Nicole Friedman convened to talk about the findings and implications of the report.

Hilly Jacklin had wanted to own a house for years, and the one she finally found was beyond her wildest dreams: a Victorian-style duplex, built in 1895, in Hannibal, Missouri. Half, she would be able to rent to help her afford the mortgage. The other side, she would live in herself.