Disinvestment

Shelterforce has gathered some racially loaded terms that are common in our field. We suggest you use these sparingly and carefully, if at all.

When I tell people that food pantries can be a new and innovative way to help lift up communities, they look at me as if I’m a bit out of […]

I’m in Lexington, Ky., this week for the National Community Land Trust Network conference, hosted by the Lexington Community Land Trust. The Lexington CLT had an unusual start—it was created […]

A: Nope. They are totally different, though complementary tools. This chart will walk you through the differences.

Community gardens and urban agriculture are crucial gathering places—and revitalizing forces—in neighborhoods with lots of vacancy and low values. But what happens to them when the market turns around?

This time of economic uncertainty presents an opportunity for the community development movement to reinvent itself.

To save a neighborhood that’s in danger of going down, you can’t simply add new homes. You have to put the process of decline in reverse

For 12 years the building at 151 Chapman Street (above) stood vacant on a prominent corner, a menacing landmark that attracted squatters and generated no taxes for the hard-pressed city […]