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Can We Prevent Slumlords from Buying More Buildings?
Why should owners of buildings in illegally poor repair be able to buy more rentals? As Washington, D.C., found, it’s not the easiest thing to prevent.
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Location Efficient Mortgages
When families rely on public transit rather than automobiles for travel needs, they spend less on transportation. When they shop, work, recreate, socialize, learn, and participate in their local community, […]
Minneapolis Goes Green
Minneapolis’s inner city is home to The Green Institute, a nonprofit economic development organization focused on sustainable enterprise. Incorporated in 1993, the institute originated from a grassroots campaign against the […]
Shelter Shorts
The Welfare Shuffle As President Clinton and other politicians hail the news of the drop in welfare rolls across the country, a less rosy scenario is emerging. In Washington state, […]
When Fundraising Strategies Wear Out
Nearly all organizations have three fundraising fantasies: Fantasy 1: The Council on Foundations will declare their group, “The group to fund now and forever” and, using one simple proposal […]
Develop the Economy, Don’t Just Grow It
Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development. Herman E. Daly. 253 pp. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996. Although I’ve never met him, I must admit: economist Herman Daly has had a […]
Colored People
When I was growing up on Folsom Street in West Philadelphia everyone was colorless but the world insisted on calling us colored. There was Mr. Ray the candy store owner […]
Shelter Shorts
Journalism of Note: The Economic Cleansing of San Francisco In its 33rd Anniversary Issue, the San Francisco Bay Guardian (10/7/98) highlights the city’s growing gentrification. Fueled by the influx of […]
Why People of Color Need to Be Good Fundraisers
When I started out in fundraising 10 years ago, I was usually the only person of color in the room. Today, the situation is much the same. Whether it is […]
Legislative News
1998 Elections Senate Banking and Financial Services Committee Chairman Alfonse D’Amato (R-NY) was defeated in his race for re-election on November 3 by Charles Schumer (D-NY), changing the leadership of […]
Other Job Training Initiatives of Note
Esperanza Unida, Inc. 1329 W. National Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53204 414-671-0251 A CDC focusing on job training, Esperanza has programs preparing people for jobs in automotive service, security, printing and […]
Section 3: A Viable Solution for Job Creation?
Dina Schlossberg of Regional Housing Legal Services in Glenside, Pennsylvania, compares Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to the Community Reinvestment Act. While Section 3 […]
YouthBuild: Building Homes and Futures
Walking with his friends through his neighborhood in East Harlem, New York, Darnell Smith leads them past a building on 2nd Avenue and 118th St., to proudly point to the […]