resilience

From Katrina to COVID to Ida, the director of Housing NOLA talks about FEMA, communications systems, racism, and resiliency.

The devastation that communities in the Rio Grande Valley experience is twofold: the initial destruction of the floods and the cycle of debt and poverty as a result of predatory loans.

In Charleston, South Carolina’s historically significant Eastside neighborhood, the city is trying new approaches to improving energy efficiency and flood protection.

My first reaction to the emergence of “resilience” as a lens for viewing community development was mostly informed by skepticism.

Community development fits well within the growing resilience movement—and connecting the two more explicitly could make their work even more powerful.

After natural disasters, recovery efforts tend to lift up those who have resources to bounce back quickly, but cement poverty for those with modest means.

Cities cannot weather the effects of climate change without going beyond infrastructure to address institutional racism, historical inequities, and access to physical and mental health services.

How can affordable housing be more resilient to extreme weather and better prepared to deal with the consequences of climate change?

With the intensification of weather patterns resulting from climate change, community land trusts perform vital functions that help people recover.

The eyes of the world were focused on Gary, Indiana, in the days following Michael Jackson’s June 25 death. People marveled at the tiny house where Michael spent his first […]