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This week: shutdown emergency, Paradise’s poor planning, gentrification is dangerous, when bad judgement leads to a promotion, “gym deserts”, more . . .

News from—and affecting—the community development world. This week: Louisiana votes for justice, California wildfires and housing, a *new* redlining map, HUD’s grading system, aging households, more.

Work Requirements | Source of Income As a Protected Class | Amazon’s Bully Behavior | Chipping Away at CRA | The Arts and Displacement | More…

LGBT Lawsuit Against HUD | Saving the Bees, and Detroit | Affordable Housing, Trade War Victim | Thinking About What’s Possible in Housing for All | A Dual Housing Crisis for Native People

Carson’s been warned | Chicago’s Section 3 accomplishment | Airbnb’s influence on rent prices | PayDay lenders are fans of Trump | A win for community benefits

A: No! A long-running program in Philadelphia is showing that scattered site rehab can be cheaper and have a larger revitalizing effect at the same time.

On Nov. 8, Donald Trump was elected to be our nation’s 45th President. In an attempt to understand his rise, a familiar narrative has emerged in which so-called “elites”—the media, […]

                         this land is your land, this land is my land                         Woody Guthrie   this land of lies […]

This post is part of a Shelterforce series called Letters to the Next President. In cities across the country, our communities face crises of housing affordability, dangerous and unsustainable infrastructure, […]

Advocates, city leaders, and Under Armour’s real estate arm negotiate a $660 million tax deal and a vision for economic development in Baltimore.

B Corps are for-profit businesses that focus strongly on their social and environmental impact. The movement has grown to 1,800-plus worldwide and now cities, economic authorities, and activists are trying to attract more of these mission-driven and worker-friendly companies to help spur economic growth.

Big companies discovered the long-stagnant Immigrant Investor Program EB-5 after the 2008 financial crisis. Can community developers bend the program toward their goals too?