Magazine Archives

  • What Green Means for Communities — Summer 2008

  • Course Correction — Spring 2008

    Gaining traction on solving the mortgage mess, How to solve the crisis, Public-private partnerships solutions for homeowners, How CDCs must change in light of current economic forces, Columbia University forcing change in West Harlem, Taming eminent domain, TIAA-CREF and socially responsible investments.

  • Community Development at 40 — Winter 2007

    Community Development at 40, Fighting against segregation, New crop of young leaders, New trends in rural community development, challenges faced by ethnic-based CDCs.

  • Housing and Presidential Politics — Fall 2007

    Housing and Presidential Politics: Housing the Working Poor, Credit Where Credit is Due, The Supreme Denial of Integration. Plus: Struggling in the Crescent City, Charting a New Course in Portland, Keeping Kukui Gardens, The Case for Plan B, Getting it Done

  • Subprime Slide — Summer 2007

    Subprime Slide: Losing Ground to Abusive Lenders, The Trauma of Foreclosure, A Strategy for Responding to the Crisis, Legal Strategies in Ohio to Fight Abusive Lending. Also: D.C. Community Benefits Agreement, ACORN and Attorneygate, Shrinking Cities, Building a Better Housing Policy.

  • Bringing Shared-Equity Homeownership to Scale — Spring 2007

    Bringing Shared-Equity Homeownership to Scale: Manufactured-Housing Cooperatives, Municipally Supported Community Land Trusts, Low-Income Tenants Buy Their Homes in D.C., A Winning Campaign for Inclusionary Zoning, Asset-Building Comes of Age, Toward a Common Agenda. Also: Barack Obama’s Third Way, Is Housing First Too Much of a Good Thing?

  • Sold out! For only $5.4 Billion — Winter 2006

    NYC Tenants Face Loss of Middle-Income Units, The Case for a Right to Housing, Why CDCs Should Advocate for a Right to Hosuing, A Merger of Two Cincinnati CDCs, Gentrifiers Move Onto Social Services’ Turf, Universal Design and Visitability in Affordable Housing, Making Tax Credits Work for the Disabled, Midterm Election Analysis, 2006 Housing and Community Development Victories.

  • Searching For A Way Home — Fall 2006

    Katrina Evacuees in Limbo in Texas, Privileged Places, Nonprofits Prevent Foreclosure, Can Progressives Deliver in ‘06, Labor and Community Think Collectively, the Prevailing Wage Debate, Rx for Tenants, Healthy Foods and Strong Communities, Concentrated Poverty Moves Around.

  • Community Control From Participatory Budgeting to Neighborhood Planning — Summer 2006

    Budgeting for Democracy in Lawrence, Mass., Canada and Chicago, Planning Beyond the Project, Building Trust Through Planning in New York’s Chinatown, Managing the Affordable Housing Message, The Politics of Poverty, Say NO to Wal-Bank, Evictions After Katrina, Jane Jacobs’ Radical Legacy.

  • After Katrina Politicians Retreat, Activists Step Up — Spring 2006

    After Katrina: A Political Disaster, Organizing Networks Step Up, Intermediaries Head for the Gulf Coast, Planning New Orleans, the Media on Poverty. Also: Grassroots Organizing and Design in Oakland, Frank Wilkinson’s Legacy.

  • Nov/Dec 2005

    Community Benefits Agreements, ACORN Partners With a Private Developer, CDC Networks, President Bush and the Mansion Subsidy, the 30th Anniversary of Shelterforce: Looking Back, Looking Forward.

  • Sept/Oct 2005

    Community Entrepreneurship for CDCs, A Nonprofit Takes a Business Approach, Brokerages for the Rest of Us, Collective vs. Market Housing, After Katrina, the Legacy of Racism and Poverty in New Orleans.

  • July/Aug 2005

    Land Trust in Mississippi, Gentrification in New York, Limited Equity Co-ops, Reality for Housing Advocates.

  • May/June 2005

    CANDO’s Rise and Fall, Cleveland’s Housing Court, Hope Community’s Listening Project, Employer-Assisted Housing.

  • Mar/Apr 2005

    Rebuilding Cities: Network Organizing in Lawrence, Mass., Housing Strategies for Market Revival, Thompson v. HUD, Healthy Housing Advocacy.

  • Jan/Feb 2005

    Housing and Service Providers for Ex-offenders; Predatory Lending; Community-University Partnerships.

  • Nov/Dec 2004

    The “Community” in Chicago’s Public Housing; Resident-led Redevelopment in Pittsburgh’s Hill District; The Social Loss of Urban Renewal; The Reality of Deconcentration; Post-Election Commentary.

  • Sept/Oct 2004

    The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Dilemma; Family Self-Sufficiency Program; Workforce Development in Newark; Urban Neglect Under the Bush Administration; How CDCs Should Build Power; The Politics of Hip-Hop.

  • July/Aug 2004

    McKinney-Vento Homeless Act; Jobs-Housing Mismatch; Section 8 Homeownership Program; CDCs and Community Mediation.

  • May/June 2004

    Arena Politics in Newark; HUDS’s House of Cards; KWRU’s Fight; Housing Bubble; Reagan’s Legacy.

  • Mar/Apr 2004

    Beauty in the Bronx; Mount Laurel Under Attack; Planning Newark, NJ; Social Injustice in Chicago: Presidential Towers.

  • Jan/Feb 2004

    Newark, NJs CDCs; CDCs in Gentrifying Neighborhoods; SEA Corp; Affordability Name Game.

  • Nov/Dec 2003

    Women at Work: An Economic Justice Story; Safety Net for CDCs; Homeownership for the Disabled; Chicago Block Clubs.

  • Sept/Oct 2003

    Zoning for Justice; Future of Fannie and Freddie; CDCs in Weak Market Cities; Saying No to Affordable Housing; Progressive Politics and Organizing.

  • Jul/Aug 2003

    Enterprising Nonprofits; Reusing Urban Brownfields; Beyond Housing Headlines: State of the Nation’s Housing 2003; Black Organizer Blues.

  • May/June 2003

    The CDC School of Hard Knocks; CDC Mergers; Can this Collaboration Be Saved?; Gentrification Roundtable; Enraging the Right.

  • Mar/Apr 2003

    Riding the Rails; No Progress Without Protest; Left Behind; Wages, Work and Income Still Matter; The Social Investment State.

  • Jan/Feb 2003

    Has Homeownership Been Oversold?, Section 8 Is Broken, Building Wealth.

  • Nov/Dec 2002

    Fighting for Air in Camden, When Your Bank Leaves Town, Boston Mayor Menino, Planning with GIS, Artist Profile.

  • Sept/Oct 2002

    Almost Home: Foster Care Youth, The Conundrum of Community Development, Going Subprime.

  • Jul/Aug 2002

    Direct Action for Housing, The Power of the Community Press, Livable and Affordable, Tenant Blacklisting.

  • May/June 2002

    Cincinnati a Year Later, Better-Managed CDCs, Making a Living.

  • Mar/Apr 2002

    CushingDolbeare Interview, Block Group Organizing, LA Housing Trust Fund.

  • Jan/Feb 2002

    Community Land Trusts, Getting into Development, Abandoned Properties, Rural Development.

  • Nov/Dec 2001

    The Future of Affordability, Insurance Companies and CRA, Smart Growth, Labor Goes to Bat for Housing.

  • Sept/Oct 2001

    SPECIAL ISSUE: EVALUATION.

  • Jul/Aug 2001

    SPECIAL ISSUE: SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES.

  • May/June 2001

    Managing Gentrification, Housing Markets, Rent Control.

  • Mar/Apr 2001

    Steering and Segregation, The Bush Administration, New Urbanism, Low Income Housing Institute, Fenway CDC.

  • Jan/Feb 2001

    SPECIAL ISSUE: FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES.

  • Nov/Dec 2000

    SPECIAL ISSUE: LEADERSHIP.

  • Sept/Oct 2000

    Property Flipping, Preventing Burnout, Geographic Information Systems, Neighborhood Knowledge LA.

  • Jul/Aug 2000

    Empowerment Zones, Financial Literacy, Homeownership Counseling, George Knight.

  • May/June 2000

    Renewing Bonds, Labor and the Housing Movement, Community Development: Back to the Streets!, Congressional Report Card.

  • Mar/Apr 2000

    SPECIAL ISSUE: Shelterforce’s 25th Anniversary! Essays on history, policy, and strategies from asset building to organizing for power.

  • Jan/Feb 2000

    Arts Build Community, Predatory Lending, Elderly Housing, New Codes for Old Buildings.

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