Less Visible, But Still Homeless: Workers Who Can’t Afford a Place to Live
A review of Brian Goldstone’s new book, There is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
Eviction Reduction Should Be an Explicit Goal of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program
The largest source of subsidy for building affordable housing doesn’t come with meaningful eviction reduction requirements, or even incentives. But it could.
Sustainable for Whom? Large-Scale Sustainable Urban Development Projects and “Environmental Gentrification”
Absent a fundamentally new approach to redevelopment planning that places housing affordability at the center of the process, large-scale sustainable development projects are likely to become engines of what has been termed “environmental gentrification.”
The Foreclosure King Ascends to Treasury
There is considerable unease in the housing and community development world about the future of federal policy, including support for vouchers, fair housing, and other critical policies and programs. While […]
The Devil’s in the Details: Key Issues in Implementing the New AFFH Rule
For most of the Fair Housing Act’s history, its requirement to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing has been largely dormant. With the advent of the new AFFH rules in July 2015, […]
How to Prevent the Next Mortgage Crisis
Yes, we need to finally achieve certainty in our housing finance system. But not the way most people are suggesting.
Community Developers, Don’t Ignore This Housing Finance Reform Bill
As the U.S. emerges from the housing crisis, the fundamental architecture of mortgage markets is being decided. Although it is sometimes hard for community developers to think about topics as […]
The Power of a Community-Based Development Coalition
Building sustainable coalitions is an important element to strengthening community-based development organizations (CBDOs) and increasing their influence on local and state policies. To accomplish that, coalitions benefit from favorable political […]