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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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Better Together
The community development and health sectors can and should work together to reduce health disparities and improve everyone’s health.
Get Big or Get Out!
Earl Lauer Butz, as the U.S. secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, used this slogan to illlustrate his push to transform U.S. farming into a hyper-efficient […]
The Complexification of the Nonprofit Sector
Nonprofit sector organizations are getting bigger, operations are getting more tentacled, financial tools are getting wonkier, and budgets keep growing. Don't just take my word for it: check out the […]
Public Housing: Building Communities vs. Providing a Place to Live
Successful housing isn’t merely a function of its form—design is not destiny—it’s also a function the economic and social mix present within the communities.
What Are the Goals of Community Planning?
What are our priorities when it comes to neighborhood planning? According to the results of a public opinion poll conducted by the American Planning Association, “Americans want planners to focus […]
A Balanced Goal: Affordable Housing for Renters and Homeowners
This post was submitted by the National Low Income Housing Coalition as part of a blog series hosted by Rooflines, the Opportunity Agenda, Race-Talk (the blog of the Kirwan Institute for […]
Achieving that “Last Mile” Impact
I like chocolate chocolate chip and I like peanut butter and chocolate but I’ll take a stand and say that twice as much of one great thing—chocolate—is more awesome than […]
We Can Save Homeownership
It’s no secret: homeownership in America is in trouble. If this crucial part of the American Dream is worth saving—and it is—it’s also no secret how to start saving it. […]
Peoria LISC
What does it mean when the country's largest community development intermediary opens its first new office in 15 years in a middling city like Peoria, Ill? In May, the Peoria-based […]
Preserving and Improving Affordable 2- to 4-unit Properties
In a Shelterforce–hosted roundtable discussion of leading research and policy experts to looking at what makes housing affordable and how the nationwide housing crisis changed the affordable housing landscape, NHI […]
It Came from Chicago!
Let's just come right out and say it: New York City is the best. At everything. We are the smartest, the hardest working, the most creative, and the best-looking. If […]
Engagement Before Efficiency
I recently stepped down from my role as the executive director of a community development corporation and I'm in the process of transitioning from a single-organization focus, as I've spent […]