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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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Shelter Shorts
Rent Decontrol = Rising Rents & Falling Diversity Three years after the repeal of rent regulations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a survey of 1,000 tenants in formerly rent-controlled units shows skyrocketing […]
Housing Advocate, Minnesota State Representative Karen Clark
Mention the word “housing” in the Minnesota state legislature, and you’re likely to be referred to the office of Representative Karen Clark. Clark, a lifelong activist for progressive causes and […]
Comprehensive Community Initiatives: Redefining Community Development
Comprehensive community initiatives borrow heavily from various community development models but at the same time are unique in their structure, strategies, and ambitious goals.
Comprehensive Community Initiatives: Resources and Contacts
Publications There seems to be an unavoidable tension between community groups and foundations in CCIs, according to a study of six case CCIs, included in a recently completed discussion paper, […]
Comprehensive Community Initiatives: Executive Director Profiles
Emanuel Freeman Emanuel Freeman’s organizing career began in the mid-1960s, soon after he graduated from high school in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood. In working to make local institutions accountable to the […]
Shelter Shorts
Senate Takes Aim at Income Targeting Eager to get started on summer recess, the Senate tabled discussion on the Public Housing Reform and Responsibility Act of 1997 (S.462) until September. […]
Shelter Shorts
500 New Homeowners; One Dead Housing Program Hundreds of western Massachusetts tenants became homeowners this past summer because of their work through the Anti-Displacement Project, which has organized tenant associations […]
Shelter Shorts
New York’s Rent Regulations Expire; Compromise Reached Their worst nightmares realized, 2.5 million tenants watched rent regulations expire at 12:01 a.m. on June 16, leaving New York City and State […]
Shelter Shorts / Short Takes
Rent War Rages in New York City A pitched battle is underway in New York State, as landlord and tenant advocates square off over the expiration of rent regulations this […]
Interview with Melvin L. Oliver of the Ford Foundation
Melvin Oliver, vice president for asset building and community development at the Ford Foundation, talks about community development, black and white wealth, and racial inequality.
Getting the Lead Out: Controlling Lead Paint Hazards in Housing
The issue of lead poisoning provides a unique opportunity for collaboration among activists and groups working on a variety of issues but with common goals and values.
Cincinnati Homeless Advocate Murdered
Cincinnati Homeless Advocate Murdered Last Nov. 15, 46-year-old Stanley “Buddy” Gray was shot to death in the office of the Drop-Inn Center he founded in 1973, the Associated Press reported. […]