Magazine Archives

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  Abandoned! — Spring 2009

  Neighborhood Stabilization and the Foreclosure Crisis. “Operation Neighborhood Recovery”: A first-in-the-nation purchase of nonperforming mortgages by a nonprofit for neighborhood stabilization in New Jersey, by Matthew Brian Hersh; “Homeownership Done Right”: An educated consumer is the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance’s best customer, by David Holtzman; “Fighting Foreclosure on All Fronts”: Cook County, Ill. Sheriff Tom Dart made headlines when he refused to evict tenants whose building was foreclosed upon, but journalist Kari Lydersen explores that story and other efforts in Chicago to keep tenants in their homes. Also: Paterson, New Jersey’s Great Falls; Fair Lending in the “Age of Obama”; HUD/DOT Sustainable Communities Initiative; and Saving Houston’s Allen Parkway Village.

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  Coming Up for Air — Winter 2008

  Coming Up for Air: What Housing and Community Developer Practitioners Need to Know to Survive the Economic Deluge. Articles include: “Brave New World For Nonprofits” by Rick Cohen; “Taking the Bull by the Horns,” by James Carr; “Homes That Last” by John Emmeus Davis; “Do or Die for Nonprofits” by Pablo Eisenberg; “The Housing Change We Need” by Peter Marcuse; “Riding the Storm Out” by Peter Werwath; and more.

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  Memos on How to Make Change — Fall 2008

  From the Grass Roots to the Oval Office: Some of the nation’s leading community development thinkers and practitioners weigh in on key issues leading up to the 2008 presidential election, from Xavier de Souza Briggs’ take on urban policy to Gregory Squires’ vision for a fair housing agenda. Also, “Trading Bullets for a Better Future” by Matthew Brian Hersh, and “What’s the Matter With Newark?” by Julia Rabig.

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  What Green Means for Communities — Summer 2008

  What Green Means for Communities. Features the Shelterforce interview with Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx; “Making Food Deserts Bloom” by Kari Lydersen; and “Taking the LEED in Your Community” by Ted Wysocki. Also: Chicago’s El Mercado marketplace; Boston’s Jamaica Plain and affordable housing; Walt Disney and “A Tale of Two Anaheims”; “Decoding Housing Finance Agencies”; “Subprime’s Footprint”; and more.

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  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.

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  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.