Who’s After the Park?
Edge of Albany: A Warren Crow Mystery,
by Kirby White. Fox Creek Press, 2012. 218pp. $20 (paper).
Joyful Journey
Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Sorted Out Cities,
by Mindy Thompson Fullilove, M.D. New Village Press, 2013, 333pp. $19.95 (paper).
Inside the Affordable Housing “Big Tent”
One of the great things about the National Housing Conference is that it brings together such a wide variety of parts of the field.
From “Knucklehead Kid” to Boston Mayor?
There are several teenagers featured in Holding Ground, a film about the launch of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative. DSNI is a community organizing and planning group in Boston that […]
Shared Equity for the Rich?
One of the common arguments from those who are skeptical of shared-equity homeownership is that it's unfair to ask low-income people to give up their right to 100 percent of […]
Portland Gets Proactive on Gentrification
We've been talking about gentrification and displacement a bunch here on Rooflines recently. One of the perennial problems in dealing with displacement has always been knowing when to start. Our report […]
“Mixed” Income Housing: With Segregated Entrances?
Here's exhibit A on how not to convince skeptical housing justice advocates (or anyone else) that mixed-income housing developments represent a step forward: Make the residents of the affordable units […]
On the Cover: Transformation
So you may be wondering, what is that amazing mural on the cover of the latest issue of Shelterforce? It's called Transformation, and it was created by Chilean graffiti artist […]
Reactions to the President’s Housing Address
Yesterday, President Barack Obama gave a housing policy speech in Phoenix, Ariz., and this afternoon he answered questions submitted via social media on a live web chat with the CEO […]
Is Community Development Failing or Succeeding?
Massive change tends to lead to massive introspection. And changed circumstances tend to lead to a need for changed tools. The housing and foreclosure crisis, the ensuing financial crisis, and […]
Who Owns That Vacant Building? Scan the Art to Find Out
In a brilliant mash up of classic protest/beautifying strategies and state-of-the-art data management, artists are painting murals on abandoned Baltimore buildings . . . complete with QR codes that bring […]
An Urban School Reduces Violence . . . With Nonviolence
When students feel like they are in jail when at school and the adults around them consider them all potential criminals, how do they act? In a word, badly. Happily, […]