Miriam Axel-Lute

“We could use some gentrification here.” Let’s never say this—we must refrain from debating the long-term likelihood of gentrification in distressed places.

Techniques from the arts world can help us envision and re-envision relationships and systems to spot stress points and opportunities within communities.

My first reaction to the emergence of “resilience” as a lens for viewing community development was mostly informed by skepticism.

Using homeownership as an asset-building mechanism and retirement plan might not be a great thing for our society.

HUD secretary Ben Carson told the right-leaning outlet Newsmax on Monday night that he intends to leave his cabinet post at the end of the current president’s first term, reported […]

The Regional Affordable & Fair Housing Roundtable pulled off something that has often been elusive—building enough trust between fair housing advocates and place-based community developers to lead to their signing on to a joint agenda.

There is widespread understanding about the vast differences in life outcomes that statistically come with different neighborhoods.

The relationship between pro-building “Yes in My Back Yard” activists, longtime housing advocates, and anti-displacement organizers varies across the country, but has often been fraught with difficulties. Is there a way forward?

And how do we get more of the good and less of the bad?

We have a limited number of dense core neighborhoods where getting around without a car and without a lengthy daily commute are possible.

The data on the relationship between new development, affordability, and displacement is not nearly as clear-cut as advocates (of all persuasions) often imply.

Living in substandard housing affects your mental health as well, several studies have found.