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Public Housing Must Be a Part of Fair Housing Planning
Because their programs provide the most deeply affordable housing in the country, public housing authorities should be both supported in improving fair housing outcomes and held to account when they fall short.
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Are Urban Planners Staying Silent on Climate Gentrification?
Holmdel, New Jersey, moved its affordable housing to flood-prone land, raising a question about planners’ ethical obligations to speak up against such moves.
Breathing in Glass: Citing Health Concerns, NY Housing Authority to Ask HUD to Close Buildings
A public housing authority in Cohoes, New York, is trying to shut down its own buildings—since it can’t shut down the factory that is making them unlivable.
Organizing for Water Security in Detroit
A coalition’s comprehensive study on the Detroit region’s water ills also acts as a road map to organizers’ work around water justice.
Environmental Justice: Heck of a Job Ahead
The new president has a lot of catching up to do on the unmet imperatives of environmental justice. Originally anchored in the urgency of redressing the impact of environmental poisons […]
Energy and Low-Income Housing: Part II
In the past, members of the community development movement have had little to do with anything that smacks of environmentalism. Conversely, members of the mainstream American environmental movement have shown […]