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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 Fight for Fair Use of Sandy Recovery Funds Surges On
To say that January was a bad month for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would be something of an understatement. On top of the ongoing “bridge-gate” scandal, he’s now fighting […]
Poetry Slams Conditions of Richmond’s Public Housing
When poetry and investigative reporting combine, the results are fantastic. PBS recently featured a collaboration between the Center for Investigative Reporting and Youth Speaks, called the Off/Page Project. One Off/Page […]
A Boost to Vouchers Would Be a Boost for Kids
More than 5 million people in 2.1 million low-income families use the Housing Choice Voucher program to help pay for housing that they find in the private market. Expanding and […]
Fighting Injustice With Love
On Valentine’s Day, job seekers and organizers will deliver candy and flowers to local and state officials, contractors associations, and other stakeholders with the goal of changing federal regulations to get […]
Is There Room for Real Change in the Democratic Party?
Thirty-one years before Cory Booker, Junius Williams, another dynamic African-American Yale Law School graduate, moved to Newark with ambitions much like Booker’s. Both had success, but their paths diverged, personifying […]
Twin Cities HUD Office Spared in Scheduled Closings
Here's some good news to start your Monday: A HUD office serving Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota will stay open and continue providing services to its unique client base […]
Weaving Together the Silos of Community Development
The New Year—both 2014 and the Lunar New Year—provides a time for reflection and visioning; a time to ask: “How do we properly weave our collective work to push forward?” […]
New York State’s Affordable Housing Developers: What They Do, How They Do It
In the first part of our series, we ask affordable housing developers in NYC how they deal with community opposition and how they overcome it.
4 Organizing Trends You’ll See in 2014
Community organizing is changing. It's more social media driven and younger. Immigration advocacy alone has brought a new sector of young leaders into organizing: the DREAMERS. The field also seems […]
Landlines Turned Lifelines
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the growing hardships of people living a rural life. They tend to have less access to healthcare and resources, and the problem is […]
Building a 40-Year Vision for Community Development
With this month marking the 50th anniversary of the “War on Poverty,” we have seen a number of retrospectives. President Obama delivered this statement and the White House’s Council of […]
FHFA: Orphaned No More
Since being taken into conservatorship, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two U.S. housing mortgage giants, have been treated as unwanted orphans. The massive size of their taxpayer bailouts was […]