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Report: The LIHTC Program Kept Neighborhoods Segregated
A report recently released by the Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC), a New York-based civil rights organization, suggests that...
What Determines Opportunity? (Hint: It’s Not One’s Bootstraps)
It’s the rare occasion when a significant social challenge is raised up in rigorous economic research and almost instantly answered...
Three Dangers and an Opportunity
If it seems like we're approaching a domestic policy pivot point, it might be because we are. Since Nov. 9, we’ve been thinking about...
This Moment Calls for Finally Making Homeownership Access Fair
The worsening housing crisis shows that we must develop comprehensive tools and programs to keep families housed and their assets preserved.
A Clear SCOTUS Statement on Disparate Impact and AFFH
The importance of the disparate impact principle is clear. In today's world, few with biases wear those biases on their sleeves
Not Just Inclusionary Spot Zoning: Conference Portrays IZ As Essential to...
The 3rd biannual National Inclusionary Housing Conference, which wrapped up Friday in Washington, DC, had plenty of the expected workshops focused on details of...
The Spring Issue of Shelterforce Is Here!
Fair Housing: The Work Continues and the Vision Expands is the theme of our cover package in our Spring 2011 issue as we explore...
In Trump’s Lame Duck Period, Nonprofits Still Face “Chaotic” Effect of...
Nonprofits struggle to understand how to respond to the ban on “divisive concepts” in their training and protect their federal funding.
Carson Lies Again as He Announces Plans to Leave HUD
HUD secretary Ben Carson told the right-leaning outlet Newsmax on Monday night that he intends to leave his cabinet post at the end of...
Interview with Chester Hartman, Radical Urban Planner
As he retires, the founder of the Poverty and Race Research Action Council reflects on the fields of urban planning, community development, and fair housing.
Carson Tries to Please Everyone in Confirmation Hearing, Mostly Succeeds
Triage is in effect among those opposed to the incoming administration and the president-elect's cabinet picks. This morning’s Senate...
The Community Reinvestment Act at 40: A Careful Review of the...
A review of HUD's Cityscape issue, which is devoted to reviews and studies of the Community Reinvestment Act at its 40th anniversary.
The Increase in Suburban Poverty Could Be a Good Thing
Family poverty has spread beyond its traditional geographic boundaries, and our institutions and policies need to adapt to this...
Segregation Conversation Goes National
The conversation about balancing placed-based revitalization and expanding access to high-opportunity areas has been edging onto the national radar...
After HUD: Seeking New Answers to Old Questions
Three years at HUD gives you quite the perspective. Ask anyone who has worked in the esteemed Weaver Building—affectionately known as 12 floors of...
More Progress, and Peril, on the Home Opportunity Front
Earlier this month, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs released a discussion draft of legislation to...
Some HUD Secretary Possibilities Are Serious–Others Laughable
Attention has been rightly focused this past week on the fact that the...
Finally! A Concrete Proposal to Address Gentrification-Driven Displacement
I, and others, have sometimes felt that the fair housing community can be too focused on opening up the...
On Clinton, Obama, Trump, and the Failures of Liberal Urban Policy
In the closing days of the seemingly endless 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, it became increasingly clear to political observers...