Blame Policies, Not Places, for Poor Health
Shifting blame from people to ZIP codes is not enough to create healthy communities. Here’s how to do better.
The Rental Housing Crisis Is a Rural Issue Too
Much like urban communities, rural communities also face critical housing issues like rental shortages, a lack of federal and private funding to build new units, and the impending loss of affordability restrictions. Here’s what could help.
What to Do When Environmental and Housing Needs Collide
San Francisco is making headlines for its new height restrictions limiting development along their waterfront, which some (including the Sierra Club) argue is an environmentally-conscious decision. The passage of Proposition […]
The Effects of NIMBY and How to Overcome Them
This is Part 4 in a series on NIMBY and affordable housing. To catch up on the rest of the series, read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. —- […]
Defeating NIMBY With Incentive Housing Zones
Speed-dating for affordable housing? Why not? The Partnership for Strong Communities and its HOMEConnecticut program are playing matchmaker on Monday, May 12, between experienced affordable housing developers and towns hoping to woo […]
Who, Why, and How Communities Oppose Affordable Housing
The results of a survey of affordable housing developers in New York State and their experiences with communities that oppose affordable housing.
NIMBY: Where, When, And to Which Developers It Happens
Looking at how affordable housing developers deal with community opposition, we tackle the issue of the timing of opposition and developer responses.
New York State’s Affordable Housing Developers: What They Do, How They Do It
In the first part of our series, we ask affordable housing developers in NYC how they deal with community opposition and how they overcome it.
Can Better Messaging Overcome NIMBY?
The affordable housing industry is increasingly focused on clear and effective messaging as the means of convincing skeptical bystanders to support more funding and regulations to increase supply and subsidies. […]
What the Shutdown Reveals About U.S. Housing Priorities
Leading up to the federal shutdown that began at midnight Sept. 30, there was a lot of speculation about what that would mean for various housing and community development programs. […]
5 (More) Things Dividing the Government and CDCs
I was recently in a room with representatives from government, banks, private developers, and CDCs for a conversation about community development needs. Those in the room expressed frustration with government […]
Coming Together…And Staying Together
Lessons from three decades of state CDC network formation.