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Rent Strikes, Targeting Tax Breaks, and Data: Tenant Organizing Beyond Legislative Campaigns
In a time of both federal and state legislature intransigence, tenant organizing strategies that emphasize building-level organizing and other creative approaches are gaining ground.
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How We Rewrote a Tax Incentive to Encourage More Affordable Housing
Chattanooga, Tennessee, aligned its housing tax incentive with the actual cost of charging more affordable rents. Developers are participating.
Free Land, Retail Rents, and Other Ways Cities Are Cutting Reliance on Federal Housing Funds
Though the federal role will always be necessary, local governments, and developers themselves, are looking for ways to develop affordable housing with less federal subsidy. Here are some of the approaches they are trying.
Poem: A Memphis Love Letter
A poem about “caretakers and waymakers,” which emerged from interviews with 13 frontline community workers in Memphis.
What Do Residents Think of Community Development Organizations?
Research explores residents’ experiences with and observations about community development organizations in four cities.
When Landlords Hide Behind LLCs
It’s difficult to know who owns a property because corporate landlords and investors tend to structure their business as limited liability companies, or LLCs.
Tenant Power: Organizing for Rent Strikes and Landlord Negotiations
In the face of high rent increases and substandard housing, many tenants are realizing they are not alone in their landlord troubles and are joining together to push for building-level wins, and policy change.
A Cure for the Memphis Blues
As the Bluff City picks itself up, its CDC community faces a host of challenges that are increasingly common across the field.