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Community development relies on policies, resources, and recognition that were won by decades of organizing—and organizing remains essential to face new threats, preserve existing wins, and continue to fight back against the big lie that the way things are is inevitable.
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How State Coalitions Are Advancing Community Ownership of Housing
In recent years, housing coalitions promoting community land trusts and real estate cooperatives have formed in multiple cities and states—and they are achieving results. Nonetheless, a lot of work is needed to achieve the policy changes these groups desire.
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Luxury Housing in NYCHA’s Open Space?
Are there reasons for public housing residents to trust that additional NYCHA revenue will result in improvements in maintenance? Will these improvements be worth the loss in quality of life in their communities?
Gale Cincotta Reminds Us: The Next Move Is Always Ours
We have a review up by Ted Wysocki of Gale Force, the biography of Gale Cincotta. Cincotta is the legendary (in our field at least) Chicago organizer who rallied people […]
Sick of the Sequester? Learn from Michigan Organizers
The answer for Congress and the stalled action on the sequester? Michigan has some winning ideas. Detroit, Mich., home to a very depressed local economy as well as one of […]
You Can’t Build What People Want: Building Codes vs Affordability
Do you want to share housing expenses with more than two of your friends? Create a separate apartment within your home for your aging parent? Build small studio apartments or […]
The Next Move is Always Ours
Gale Force: Gale Cincotta: The Battles for Disclosure and Community Reinvestment, by Michael Westgate with Ann Vick-Westgate, Education and Resources Group, 2011, 416 pp. $20.00 (paper). Available on Amazon.
Flowers Follow
Sometimes all a vacant lot needs to become a community hub is for someone to know who owns it and who can turn over the keys.
Beating Bank-Owned Blight
When Oakland residents raised hell about trashed foreclosed houses harming their neighborhoods, the city got on board and changed the way it handles code violations on bank-owned properties.
596 Acres creates tools to help neighbors “Find the lot of their lives” by:
596 Acres creates tools to help neighbors “Find the lot of their lives” by: making municipal information about vacant public land available online through a searchable map and on the […]
Time to Seize the Moment on Immigration?
Immigration is finally Topic A. For many of us who have been working with low income people and disadvantaged communities, this day has been a long time coming. Even more […]
Watch Your Mouth! Ten Phrases that Progressives Should Retire in 2013
Along with the usual New Year’s resolutions about exercising, getting more sleep, and being more patient with the kids, progressives should add better communications to their list. We have a […]
Collective Action for Stronger Communities
Shortly after President Obama’s second inaugural address calling for collective action on our greatest national challenges, I happened to speak with someone curious about Community Solutions' work in two high […]
Occupy Our Homes Alive and Kicking
If you didn't get a chance to yet, check out the roundup of Occupy Our Homes' 2nd day of action on Dec. 6. We ran a set of essays ealier […]