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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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Marketing the Farmers’ Market
After making only our second visit to the farmers' market in our county this summer, my wife and I got into a spirited discussion about why anyone should bother to […]
Dismantling the Model Minority Myth Should be Everybody’s Project
The National Coalition For Asian Pacific American Community Development (CAPACD) recently released a report that gives a demographic profile of poor Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and highlights the […]
Could Transportation Policy Transform Affordable Housing?
Ask affordable housing practitioners what keeps them up at night and you’re bound to hear about these two major concerns: • Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) opposition to affordable housing […]
HUD’s New AFFH Rule Could Hurt Low-Income Communities of Color
I believe in promoting opportunity and social/economic equity. And I believe that all of us should have the opportunity to live in a place where we can maximize our families’ […]
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 […]
The Ripple Effect of Thoughtful Planning
In a post on Rooflines on April 18, Shelterforce editor Miriam Axel-Lute wrote that gentrification in Brooklyn is the result of plans by bodies like the Regional Plan Association, not […]
Sell the CLT Movement For What It Is: Radical and Superior
This morning I taught what was probably my millionth class on community land trusts—but this one was different. This was a course for the Democracy Convention, the second national gathering […]
Let’s Turn this Old Barn into a Theater…Part II
Moving into a newly adapted space usually entails a leap in operations—not a slow, steady climb.
Community Land Trusts Across the Pond
The CLT sector in the United Kingdom is young but booming
Have CDCs Created a Dependent Poor Population?
Michael McQuarrie’s article, “What Mumbai’s Slums Do Right, And Why We Should Emulate Them,“ in the new issue of Shelterforce makes an intriguing suggestion that the citizens of slum neighborhoods […]
We Can’t Eliminate Poverty, And We Can’t Stop Fighting
“We have spent $15 trillion from the federal government fighting poverty, and look at where we are, the highest poverty rates in a generation, 15 percent of Americans in poverty.” […]
Let’s Turn This Old Barn into a Theater!
For many cultural organizations, buying a fixer-upper is a good strategy for acquiring a home at a reasonable price and turning it into something uniquely right for their needs. […]