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Early Funding is Worth its Weight in Gold
Developing affordable rental housing these days is a lot like putting together a puzzle – when the financing pieces...
Closing the Wage Gap
Minimum wage doesn't buy what it used to. Based upon the federal government's own poverty line, it's not even enough to survive. To close...
Nonprofit Enterprise
For someone who’s spent 20 years trying to right the wrongs created by our economic system, I’ve come to a startling discovery: Commerce can...
Lessons Learned from Harmony Oaks Redevelopment
Lessons learned from the Harmony Oaks redevelopment:
You can do good work even in a devastated city, but you have to build an alternate set...
The Connection Between Water, Justice, and Health
Our talk with Radhika Fox, the CEO of the US Water Alliance, about water justice and ways to build stronger communities.
Why Don’t We Build It Ourselves?
Humboldt Construction Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chicago CDC Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, has been providing local employment and high-quality work for over...
Fighting for the Right to Remain in Southwest Yonkers
Waverly Arms is a federally subsidized building located in southwest Yonkers that my organization, Tenants & Neighbors—a tenant advocacy group—has been involved with since...
Emerging from Chicago’s Shadow
Towns long in Chicago’s shadow have sought creative ways
to collaborate for federal funding, while building off existing
partnerships as part of a long-term approach to neighborhood,
and regional, stabilization.
5 Tips for Increasing Contractor Diversity
RATE YOUR CONTRACTORS
Consider creating “contractor report cards.” Chances are contractors bidding on a project have worked in your city before. Check to see how...
Losing Post Offices and Storefronts, and How We Respond
In the spring 2010 issue of Shelterforce, Miriam Axel-Lute wrote about the challenges local post offices face amid technological and budgetary challenges and the...
When Work Creates Insecurity
Many of us think that any employment, even part time, provides a measure of security. This is not the case for the millions of...
Can You Have Revitalization Without Displacement?
Derek Avery is providing middle- and low-income housing in struggling neighborhoods. And his company doesn’t stop at housing. It's building education resources and investing in community.
When a Person’s Character Trumps Their Credit Score
Some CDFIs approve loans based on a person’s character instead of their credit score. But they only recommend
doing so when you know the applicant.
Rx for Tenants
Doctors and lawyers team up to help tenants stuck in housing that's bad for their health
Getting from Here to There
Transit advocates and CDCs in two parts of the greater Boston
region are building cross-movement coalitions that are making
equitable transit-oriented development a part of the fight for
better transit access.
Organizing
The articles in this issue show by example and opinion a range of work collectively known as organizing. While we by no means discuss...
Reconnecting with America
EYES RIGHT!: Reflections on the November 8th Elections
In the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton preached: "The rich get the gold mine and middle-class gets the...
Residents Need to Own Community Change
To get beyond superficial input, involve residents in a development from start to finish, from planning to implementation to ownership.
It’s Time to Talk about Cops
I don't need to revisit the hundreds of police killings around this country over the past few years (not...
How Not To Do Economic Development
Camden is one of the most distressed cities in the United States, and if any city needs state help...