Mar/Apr 1994
Issue #74
Responding to Nicholas Lemann
In this issue, Vice President Al Gore; New York Daily News columnist Jim Sleeper; Marc Alan Hughes, vice president for policy development at Public/Private Ventures; and Robert O. Zdenek, senior program associate of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, respond to a New York Times Magazine article by Nicholas Lemann titled "The Myth of Community Development," which painted a gloomy picture of urban community development. Lemann acknowledged the positive impact of community development corporations and urged that their social activities—affordable housing, health services, job training—be supported, but that we disabuse ourselves of the notion that “ghettos” can ever truly be “revitalized.”
A National Commitment To Community Development
Last January, The New York Times Magazine published “The Myth of Community Development,” by Nicholas Lemann. The article painted a gloomy picture of urban community development, citing failed programs and […]
Toward Comprehensive Approaches for Strengthening Communities
Last January, The New York Times Magazine published “The Myth of Community Development” by Nicholas Lemann. The article painted a gloomy picture of urban community development, citing failed programs and […]
Rebuilding The Ghetto Does Work
Last January, The New York Times Magazine published “The Myth of Community Development” by Nicholas Lemann. The article painted a gloomy picture of urban community development, citing failed programs and […]
A Mobility Strategy Offers Real Choices
Last January, The New York Times Magazine published “The Myth of Community Development” by Nicholas Lemann. The article painted a gloomy picture of urban community development, citing failed programs and […]
Is It Time for a Populist Coalition of Low- and Middle-Income Americans for Affordable Housing?
To build a powerful coalition of the poor and middle class, affordable housing advocates must reject a moderate neoliberal approach and choose a progressive populist approach.
It’s Time for a “Justice” Movement for Affordable Housing, Led by Low-Income People, People of Color and Women
Neoliberalism is not the answer to our problems; but neither is a poorly thought out populism.
Rational Decision-Making To Balance Ideological Extremes
Housing activists must be prepared to confront the kinds of political issues that Atlas has raised – and to give content to the kind of “populist” approach he has recommended.
Community Based Arson Prevention
FEMA’s program of funding Community Based Organizations has helped reduce arson and provided a focus for communities seeking to organize.
A Winning Strategy
The war on poverty in our inner cities will remain unwinnable until we redefine the terms of success and fully marshal our resources into making inner cities decent places to live.
Shelter Shorts
Community development news notes on housing programs, Americorps, corporate support for LISC, and federal legislation.
Middle-Class Anger Examined
Boiling Point: Democrats, Republicans and the Decline of Middle-Class Prosperity by Kevin Phillips, 307 pp. New York: Random House. 1993. The 1992 federal elections and the state and city elections […]
The Housing Affordability Crisis: Progressive Responses
Shelter Burden: Local Politics and Progressive Housing Policy by Edward G. Goetz. 250 pp. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 1993. $39.95 (cloth) Shelter Poverty: New Ideas on Housing Affordability by Michael […]