Neighborhood Change

LA organizers work with park professionals on policies to allow green space investment in neighborhoods that have lacked it without paving the way for displacement.

There’s more than one way to be excluded from your community.

Local governments must explore ways to minimize commercial and residential property deterioration and subsequent vacancy.

An in-depth look at the lessons one housing organization learned after receiving a multimillion grant to integrate arts and culture strategies in its work. Has the organization changed the way it operates?

How hospital closures in NYC follows an all-too-familiar pattern of disinvestment and a lack of resources in low-income communities of color.

A review of Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents, by Matthew L. Schuerman.

Three transit projects show how artists, transit agencies, and community groups helped communities envision more equitable outcomes.

Preserving and fortifying longstanding culture is key to social cohesion in a community. How can we make sure it’s given equal priority when planning for and funding redevelopment?

We’re sharing the most-read Shelterforce posts of 2019. We hope you enjoy them all and share with anyone who may have missed them.

Organizing in AAPI communities has challenges, but their location and composition make them key in the fight against gentrification. Here’s why.

As long as there’s a shortage of transit-rich, walkable neighborhoods, piecemeal solutions to address affordability issues won’t be enough.

Community preference policies have been challenged by those inside and outside of government who fail to see or value the anti-displacement benefits of the policy.