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There are many different kinds of affordable housing. Shelterforce reports on the common and no-so-common variations, how programs are working, important policies and conversations about funding it, and more.
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Proposed Change to Rural Housing Program Would Address Looming Preservation Crisis
Housing affordability is not just an urban problem. Section 515, the federal rural rental assistance program, would be extended in the proposed federal housing bills—with an important rule change.
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Housing Instability and Children’s Schooling
The crisis of affordable housing, both rental and ownership, is causing families to move frequently as they find it difficult to make monthly housing payments. This can occur when rents […]
“Nation’s Poorest 1% Now Controls …..
Two-Thirds Of U.S. Soda Can Wealth,” so reads a headline from the latest issue of The Onion, my favorite source of political commentary. The article goes on to talk about […]
Collective Efficacy: Who’s in the Collective?
Kari Lydersen’s post on the challenges of mixed-income communities yesterday reminded me of some things I’d wanted to bring up regarding the conversation Alice was starting on collective efficacy. I […]
Divided We Subsidize Agribusiness
Does anyone else feel a little like we’ve entered the Twilight Zone? Today we have Bush — yes, that same Bush whose gall in blatantly supporting corporate and wealthy interests […]
Make Lemonade from the Current Housing Crisis
When life serves you lemons, make lemonade. That seems to be the adage the Prince William County authorities are following with regard to the foreclosure crisis. Prince William County has […]
The Garden State Has a Tell, and Towns Are Calling the Bluff
New Jersey is set to go all 12 rounds in its battle to achieve a plan for an affordable-housing mandate, but at this point, it’s looking more and more like […]
California’s Organizer in the State House
It just ain’t natural for a policy-type blogger to stray into ray-of-sunshine territory — we’re talking politics here, after all, so it’s smarter to expect disappointment. But a wonderful thing […]
Can the Senate Sway Bush on a Foreclosure Rescue Plan?
As of this writing, the Senate Banking Committee seems to be nearing a consensus on its housing rescue plan aimed at preventing foreclosures on homes that are covered by troubled […]
Speak Out for the Neighborhood Stabilization Act
The foreclosure crisis is a tragedy for an increasing number of families, but what is frequently missing in the media coverage is the negative impact that the crisis is having […]
California: Fear & Loathing at the Ballot Box
Everybody likes to go all schadenfreude on California, jealous of the wonderful weather, fabled coastline, and our claim to Yorba Linda, birthplace of Richard Nixon, all things that make us […]
California: Fear & Loathing at the Ballot Box
Everybody likes to go all schadenfreude on California, jealous of the wonderful weather, fabled coastline, and our claim to Yorba Linda, birthplace of Richard Nixon, all things that make us […]
I Really Want to Be Wrong
Around the beginning of February I caught wind of the Permanent Source program here in California. Evidently the governor (and you all know his name) got it into his head […]