Nonprofit to Close Mobile Home Community to Build a Park
Ohio’s largest conservation land trust has been accused of purchasing a manufactured housing community with the very intention of closing it, evicting more than 100 households in the process. But proponents of the park’s closure say the land’s failing infrastructure—and the benefit the property will bring to an entire city—is what forced the decision.
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In the Rush to Build, Existing Affordable Housing Is Falling Apart
With attention—and funding—focused on new housing supply over preservation and operations, even mission-driven nonprofit affordable housing managers are struggling to maintain decent conditions in older affordable housing.
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What Do Residents Think of Community Development Organizations?
Research explores residents’ experiences with and observations about community development organizations in four cities.
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New Research Gives Different—But Complementary—Looks at the Community Development Field
Three fascinating research projects take very different approaches to learning more about the sector, but many of the storylines they are surfacing are related.
D.C. Had the Country’s First TOPA Law. Could Real Estate Developers Gut It?
Developers are pushing for two exemptions to the landmark tenant rights legislation—affordable housing properties and buildings that are 25 years old or newer.
Which Way Community Development?
The community development field is in an interesting and challenging spot right now. Our new Under the Lens series zooms in and explores this moment in the field.
What the Grants Pass Case Means—For All of Us
In an era of runaway housing costs, the Supreme Court is going to decide whether it’s illegal to not be able to afford them.
Criminalizing Homelessness: Supreme Court Case Gives Us a Chance to Change the Narrative
The Grants Pass decision will shape the way cities address homelessness in ways that may challenge housing advocates, but it also represents the best opportunity we’ve had in decades to change the narrative on homelessness and build stronger public will for housing.
Are Insurance Problems on the Horizon for Community Development Groups?
A mistaken cancellation letter to a national membership organization might indicate trouble to come for on-the-ground community development organizations.
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Community Development FieldHer Story, Her Power in Community Development: A Shelterforce Webinar
Five women from diverse backgrounds who span the country—Missouri, New Mexico, Hawaii, California, and Texas—got together with Shelterforce to talk about the community development field and their work in it.
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LIHTCLIHTC: Are Little Changes Enough? A Shelterforce Webinar
There are reforms and expansions of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit afoot. But some in the field argue that we need to change the tax credit model of financing housing more deeply—or move away from it entirely. Join scholars and organizers as they discuss these issues and explore a path forward.
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DisabilityGetting to More Accessible, Affordable, Inclusive Housing, a Shelterforce Webinar
Four disability advocates and experts explain what’s needed to house Americans with disabilities and some of the work that’s being done to get there.
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HousingA Critical Look at the Section 8 Program, a Webinar
In September, Shelterforce’s Shelby R. King was invited to participate in a virtual “Housing Hangout.” Panelists discussed the history of the Section 8 program, its strong points and failings, and ideas for large-scale reforms.
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