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Ignore the Myth—Voters *Do* Rally for Housing
When it comes to whether voters support building more housing as one key strategy for expanding affordability, election outcomes show the case is closed.
As Housing Program Moves Poor to the Suburbs, Do Tensions Follow?
Friday’s New York Times article on Section 8 households in Antioch, Calif., has attracted a great deal of attention. I couldn’t wait to read...
In Defense of the 30 Percent of Income to Housing Affordability...
At an individual level, the 30 percent standard and the residual-income standard can produce very different results. But as a regional measure of affordability problems, they’re not so far apart.
How do you feel about the proposed QRM rule that would...
Results of the Shelterforce poll of October 12, 2011
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You said:
“20 percent is far more than necessary to protect banks against...
Policy Recommendations
Key Values
The policies we propose to address the endangered housing problem rest on two foundations: citizen participation and reciprocal responsibility. These policies promote democratic...
Reconnecting Shared Visions to Investment Opportunities
Recently, over two sizable cups of locally-roasted coffee, a colleague and I mulled over a simple question: “How can...
The Housing Change We Need
The foreclosure crisis has pushed the envelope so far, it's left an opening where we can start building a real national housing policy.
Doesn’t Voter Fraud Require Actual Voting?
John McCain’s peculiar, over-the-top attacks on ACORN were initially a little hard to take seriously. Even when he kept on, it just left us...
Beyond the Number of Jobs
Native tribes and people, historically the poorest of the poor in this country, “own” substantial assets but often do not control them. Many lands...
Power, Race, and School Reform
The Color of School Reform: Race, Politics and the Challenge of Urban Education, by Jeffrey R. Henig, Richard C. Hula, Marion Orr, and Desiree...
Nonprofit Chamber of Commerce?
When you see a conference plenary session described as “positioning your organization for growth,” you probably expect some descriptions of grant writing strategies or...
Restorative Housing Policy: Can We Heal the Wounds of Redlining and...
Our fair housing laws enshrine an approach that prohibits us from explicitly referring to race, even in programs intended to undo the harm caused by racism. Now restorative housing policy is attempting to directly confront this history.
What Makes an Evaluation Successful?
That’s one of the questions that the McAuley Institute and the Development Leadership Network asked staff of community development organizations this year in a...
Build Mixed-Income Housing–But Not in Isolation
A focus on housing connected to education and wellness will be needed to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.
Considering the Role of Density in Sustainable Development
Later this week, I am going to be participating with my friend David Dixon and marketing whiz Laurie Volk in a seminar on development...
An Artist’s Way of Seeing: Community Engagement in Creative Placemaking
How are artists converting the power and creativity of art into community-led change?
Eviction Reduction Should Be an Explicit Goal of the Low Income...
The largest source of subsidy for building affordable housing doesn’t come with meaningful eviction reduction requirements, or even incentives. But it could.
The Ripple Effects of Income Volatility
Research shows a connection between the financial instability of families and the economic health of communities.
Top Racial Justice Leaders Give Post-Election Thoughts
Nearly to a person, the 2,300 attendees at last week’s Facing Race conference—and most of the speakers—said, at some...
CDCs: You Don’t Have to Develop Real Estate to Be a...
This is part two of my post on community development and community organizing. In my first post, I argued...