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   From hiring priorities to translation headsets to making special requests of the phone company—the exciting and important work of...

From hiring priorities to translation headsets to special requests of the phone company—the exciting and important work of serving multicultural, multilingual populations.

I remember it clearly. “The Myth of Community Development,” Nicholas Lemann’s 1994 New York Times Magazine article, cracked the...

Across the water from Manhattan, this once working class city has experienced dramatic economic growth—but the rising tide did not lift all boats.

Hurricane Katrina forced organizing groups to stretch to their limits, but it also showcased their strengths as never before

To improve housing costs and economic conditions at once, look to the locations of modular housing factories.

Like many others in the community development field, Marianne Garvin recognizes that moving up and out of poverty requires not just a stream of...

An unprecedented local hiring win is a stepping stone in a trajectory to turn workforce development on its head.

Because recent advocacy has succeeded in achieving a change in government accounting standards that led many cities and states to disclose the total costs of the tax abatements they provided last year for the very first time, we now are gaining a better sense of just how much these abatements take away from education and other public services.

National community development leaders discuss making the case for housing in a "jobs above all else" political environment.

A Philadelphia park conservancy develops arts-based partnerships within the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood to strengthen the community's cultural identity.

Are the neighborhoods impacted by large development getting the jobs and affordable housing they were promised? Shelterforce looks back at several cities where community benefits agreements were won to find out where those agreements now stand.

A Chicago organization is bringing together local businesses and large institutions to promote economic growth.

What do mimes, micro-units, and honoring Alaskan Natives have in common? Artists. The Cook Inlet Housing Authority's work with artists helped the organization realize new markers of success and furthered its housing goals.

Tenant organizing has been re-energized in coastal cities where housing costs are soaring. But tenants need a voice in the rest of the country too—and they are organizing to get one.

Health care institutions are expanding from funding development to supporting housing justice and tenant rights policy.

Neighborhood planning allows CDCs to move beyond housing development and become community catalysts.

If Amazon is going to be a good neighbor, it must do the following, at the very least, to mitigate against impediments to fair housing.

FEMA's program of funding Community Based Organizations has helped reduce arson and provided a focus for communities seeking to organize.

Two large community development intermediaries have announced major racial equity initiatives that emphasize how affordable housing gets built—and who builds it.