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A roundup of the NHI conference Saving Affordable Housing: A Critical Examination of Successful Models, and other news notes.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Is It Time for a Populist Coalition of Low- and Middle-Income...
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...
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
Nicholas Lemann, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and a frequent commentator on the state of urban affairs in America, caused a firestorm of...
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...
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...