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Community Development Field
Shelterforce considers “community development” to be an extremely broad term. But there are still many conversations about the ways in which that broad work happens. Comprehensively or in coalitions of specialized organizations? Locally or regionally? Place or people? While the answers to all of these are usually “both,” there are many conversations to be had about “how.”
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Federal Grant Rule Change Threatens Community Access to Public Funds
A proposed rule from the Office of Management and Budget would facilitate political interference in federal grant disbursements across all agencies. The deadline for public comment is July 13.
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The Revitalization Trap
[Editor's note: while we remodel our websites, content originally intended to run on Shelterforce online will run here, on the Rooflines blog. This article is a web exclusive.] The community […]
Engaging Banks–And Fighting Them at the Same Time
John Taylor, the President of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), proudly told me that NCRC’s Annual Conference is among the most diverse gatherings of individuals across the country that […]
Can Nonprofit Leaders Also Be Tech Innovators?
You may have seen my prior post on why the nonprofit sector is so tech averse. If you haven't read it you should, because my observations are fresh, keen, and […]
Police & Community Partnerships in L.A. Housing Projects
LA’s Community Safety Partnership has been covered by a variety of media outlets including NPR and The New York Times Magazine. I happened upon it while changing channels via a […]
The Role of Municipalities in Supporting Family Wealth-Building
How might a municipality leverage its resources and influence to better support its families? Hawai'i County, specifically the Office of Housing & Community Development, has leveraged its influence to bring […]
Interview with John Henneberger, Texas Low Income Housing Information Service–Part 1
Shelterforce talks with John Henneberger of the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service, one of the 2014 MacArthur Fellows.
What If Community Developers Held a Congress and Everyone Showed Up?
The question we pose captures some of the feeling emanating from the People & Places conference, which took place in Washington, D.C. earlier this month. Of course, Local Initiatives Support […]
People and Places 2015: Not Your Average Community Development Conference
I go to a lot of conferences. I enjoy them, generally, as places to get to talk to all the great people doing great work in the field. But also […]
Hard-Earned Victories Recognized by NLIHC
Its gratifying when you’re recognized by your colleagues for hard work, and that happened this past weekend when The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) presented their annual Media, State […]
Needed:Â A Fair Way to Fund Infrastructure
As most people's opinion of Congress as a do-nothing body continues to grow, some members, like Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) are starting to talk about how to fund the transportation […]
Interview with Wayne Meyer, President of New Jersey Community Capital
New Jersey Community Capital shakes up our ideas of how nonprofit housers can and should approach neighborhood stabilization
The Day The Fed Stood Still
With the Federal Reserve Board’s first meeting of 2015 last month and the upcoming 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, I had Mr. Peabody crank up the “Wayback Machine” and set it for April 14, 1980. (If Millennials think they can’t afford to buy their first home now, mortgage interest rates then were heading to […]