Forcing Banks to Buy Back Loans
On Tuesday, the Senate Banking Committee is slated to consider the administration’s nomination of Joseph A. Smith Jr., the commissioner of banks for North Carolina, to head to head the […]
Urban Ag: We’re Planning On It
In the upcoming issue of Shelterforce, we look at how urban agriculture brings not only food to communities, but also provides an opportunity to fill in vacant lots through programs […]
ACORN’s Legacy Is Anything But “In Brief”
Tom Robbins, writing for The Village Voice, characterizes ACORN as the kneecapped star outfielder on the World Series opposition to (assumedly) the right wing’s championship team. It’s a nice literary […]
Amending NJ’s Affordable Housing Law
For four hours yesterday, New Jersey housers, advocates, and legislatures deliberated changes to the state’s affordable housing law, currently enforced by the Council on Affordable Housing, an entity Gov. Chris […]
Affordable Housing Has Mass. Appeal
Big score for affordable housing Tuesday night in Massachusetts. One of the races that we watched closely Tuesday night was a vote on a ballot initiative in Massachusetts that would […]
Massachusetts’s Affordable Housing Law
As crucial elections take place around the country today, we’ll be watching the outcome of Massachusetts’s ballot question #2, which, if passed, would eliminate 40B, the state’s 41-year-old law designed […]
Remembering Sen. Wellstone
We’ve seen some coverage commemorating former Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone, who died eight years ago this week in a tragic plane crash. This is a good, if incomplete, look at […]
Community Development: A Love Story
Film director Michael Moore will use a $1 million film tax credit he received for his film “Capitalism: A Love Story” to launch the State Theatre/Michigan Downtowns Project, which aims […]
Taking Foreclosures to Task
All across the country, local governments, CDCs, community groups, and housing counselors are coming together to address the foreclosure crisis.
Shelterforce Interview: Sandra Henriquez
HUD Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Sandra Henriquez spoke with Shelterforce to discuss the administration’s Preservation, Enhancement, and Transformation of Rental Assistance initiative and address some of the concerns regarding PETRA’s push to allow public housing authorities to leverage private investments.
Saving a Landmark in the Bronx
The deteriorating building at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx, also known as General Sedgwick House, is credited as being the birthplace of hip-hop, where DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell) […]
Walking Away Becoming Less Taboo
We’ve been talking about the pragmatic component of strategically walking away from your mortgage for some time now. For a while, there was a typical double standard where it was […]