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Having a warm and comfortable home is important for health and well-being. But with rising rent prices and growing inequality, it can be tough \\u2013 if not impossible \\u2013 to find a place to live. Professors Rosie Tighe and Megan Hatch explain why the U.S. has such a shortage of affordable housing, how government programs help, and why they often fall short.

• Read Tighe and Hatch\\u2019s SSN brief, How Fair Housing Programs Can be Bolstered by Laws Prohibiting Source of Income Discrimination
• Check out their piece with Joseph Mead in Shelterforce,\\xa0Section 8 Allowed
• Find Joseph Mead\\u2019s New York Times opinion piece on their nuisance ordinance research