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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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Stirring Up Change in the Steel Belt
The steel belt, once famous for its smoky cities, is capitalizing on a renewed public awareness of the environment to achieve tangible neighborhood change. Over the past few years, Youngstown, […]
Will Foreclosures Translate into Votes?
What are the political consequences of the mortgage meltdown? Will the spiraling wave of foreclosures translate into votes in November’s election? And, if so, who will benefit? Democrats? Republicans? Or […]
Balancing Act
Old definitions may be obsolete as CDCs weigh whether to grow and how to build their impact in today’s social and economic environment.
Beyond the Farm
New trends in rural community development make the work of rural CDCs appear more in line with that of their big-city counterparts.
When Supportive Housing Isn’t
The rationale behind supportive housing for people with mental disabilities is that pairing individualized services with permanent housing will help them live independently. But one San Francisco advocate sees more neglect than support.
In It Together
McKibben contends that the current course of American society is dangerous environmentally, unlikely to be sustainable, and failing to make us happier human beings.
Have Community, Will Travel
Ethnic-based community development corporations reflect the changing face of contemporary America.
A Word of Caution: The Forgotten Photograph
The trouble with many of us, and with our culture as a whole, is that we don’t take time to “relate,” to connect formally but meaningfully with others … We […]
Everyday Heroes
After the 2005 hurricanes, a wealth of new, independent, young leaders emerged from the ruins, with the potential to transform the Gulf Coast and the nation — if the systemic barriers of gender and race can be eradicated.
An Unfinished Agenda
Why it’s time for fair housing and community development to reunite to fight the vestiges of segregation.
Keeping Kukui Gardens
Faced with the prospect of losing their homes, residents of a Honolulu affordable-housing complex defied Hawaiian cultural traditions, getting organized and vocal and achieving a victory for affordability in one of the country’s most expensive cities.
The Case for Plan B
Housing professionals have spent so much time making homeownership attainable through subsidized payments, they’ve failed to see there’s a better path to affordable homeownership.