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The rules of the game—and the attitudes of the players—have an enormous effect on community development work at all levels. Here we look at some of the conversations about how to shift that policy for the better.
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As Mamdani moves New York closer to a rent freeze, landlords say their buildings wouldn’t survive it. Recent analyses suggest the real culprit behind distressed buildings is predatory equity, not rent stabilization.
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Interview: Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity John Trasviña
The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is dealing with an evolving set of discrimination challenges facing families, changes in the very definition of “family,” and the political realities of the 112th Congress. Trasviña is no stranger to this balancing act.
A HOME of a Different Name
In December, the Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act was introduced with moderate fanfare in an unusually active lame duck session of Congress. Unfortunately, HOME, which would amend the Fair Housing […]
What Is the Emergency in Michigan?
From one perspective, the recent expansion of the Michigan’s 1990 Emergency Financial Management Act is just the latest salvo in a right-wing-led war against the rights of workers to organize. […]
Breaking Down Walls: Who’s on First on the Banking Committees?
This entry is the third in a series of attempting to demystify the “new” Congress. My last two posts looked at the membership of House and Senate housing and community […]
House Votes Down NSP3
While the NSP Termination Act is unlikely to pass the Democratically controlled Senate, much less stand a chance against a presidential veto, it’s yet another move by the House to end foreclosure programs enacted by previous Congresses.
The Impact of the 2010 Midterm Elections in Georgia: An Atlanta Perspective
The election returns last November generated a bit of discussion among community developers in Georgia last fall for a few reasons. There were certainly implications due to the definitive results […]
FHA Commissioner Stevens Heading to MBA
FHA Commissioner David Stevens, who announced last week that he would leave the administration effective March 31, will take over at the Mortgage Bankers Association, according to DSNews.com. Stevens will […]
Reckless Budget Targets Our Most Vulnerable Neighbors
There are few greater obligations that we share as a nation than to support our servicemen and women when they come home “to care for him who shall have borne […]
Private Sector Funding in Public Housing Would Compromise Quality
Peter Marcuse, a professor emeritus at Columbia’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and Shelterforce contributor, says that the infusion of private capital in public housing would almost certainly spell […]
Breaking Down Walls: Senate Appropriators
Last week we looked at the House appropriators, this week we are moving across the Hill to the Senate appropriators who oversee funds made available to housing and community development […]
The Suburban Frontier Won’t Provide the Answers
There’s a clever term that gets thrown around in densely populated and densely developed areas like New Jersey, where all the land’s spoken for. It’s called “built out,” as in […]
Preserving Communities: Live From New Jersey Future
Rooflines is reporting from the annual redevelopment forum held by New Jersey Future, a statewide research and advocacy organization today. The even highlights advancements and analyses on many of the […]