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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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How Education and Housing Advocates Worked Together to Win More Rental Assistance
In Maryland, parents and school leaders joined with housing advocates to win additional rental assistance, targeted to families in the state's community schools.
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Getting Competitive Health Care Systems to Work Together For the Community
Although they were serving the same communities, Philadelphia’s nonprofit hospitals weren’t coordinating with each other. A yearslong process aimed to change that. How did the hospitals eventually come together and what lessons can be drawn to inform hospital collaborations elsewhere?
Why Nonprofit Cooperatives Are Thriving in Zurich
Not a single cooperative has left this program since it was introduced more than a century ago, making it possible for generations of families to live securely, and at predictable costs, in housing whose governance they control. How does the program work?
Is an Infrastructure Investment in Housing on Its Way?
The affordable housing industry considers the prospect of unprecedented funding if Biden’s housing as infrastructure plans make it through Congress.
Understanding Community Land Trusts
What are CLTs? How do they work? What are the benefits and areas of concern? An overview.
How LISC, Enterprise Hope to Bring More Capital to Developers of Color
Two large community development intermediaries have announced major racial equity initiatives that emphasize how affordable housing gets built—and who builds it.
‘Gentrification’ Is Not the Real Problem
The conversation about gentrification continually repackages a set of debunked theories as reality and it obscures a set of real crises that need fixing.
Chicago Changes How It Allocates Tax Credits to Improve Racial Equity
How did the Windy City expand the idea of advancing racial equity through low-income housing tax credits beyond where affordable housing is built?
Community-Police Partnerships After George Floyd
An interview with Mona Mangat, vice president of safety and justice initiatives at LISC. We talked with Mona Mangat, vice president of safety and justice initiatives at LISC,
The Assumptions Behind Place-Based Programs Can Hinder Their Success
Examining eight common assumptions underlying place-based work shows that even when avoiding the pitfalls of no change or gentrification, the work is challenging.
More Than a Mural: How Arts and Culture Advance the Mission of the Seattle Housing Authority
Arts programs at one public housing development in Seattle have eased the challenges of redevelopment by helping residents define what the community means to them.
Insights for Health and Community Development Partnerships from People Who Have Crossed Sectors
Increasingly, health practitioners are being hired by community development organizations, and vice versa. What can they tell us about how differently the sectors operate and perceive issues, and where there’s potential for partnership?
Build Modular Housing Factories Near Areas with High Housing Costs
To improve housing costs and economic conditions at once, look to the locations of modular housing factories.