Subject: Affordable Housing

  • A Word of Caution: The Forgotten Photograph

  • Colette Pichon-Battle, a young community leader in the Gulf region.

    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.

  • Bethel Commercial Center, part of Bethel New Life's Lake Pulaski Transit Village Plan, which includes affordable, energy-efficient homes, parks, brownfield redevelopment, commercial development, and proximity to child-care, schools, shopping, and jobs.

    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.

  • Kukui Gardens is one of the few remaining options for affordable housing in Honolulu one of the nation's most expensive cities.

    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.

  • Jenna landed a job that put her on a path to a trades career after training in the Oregon Tradeswomen's program.

    Charting a New Course in Portland

    Portland, Ore., threw away the old rulebook when it crafted its Economic OpportunityInitiative, focusing on helping low-income people in innovative ways. Could it inspire a new national anti-poverty strategy?

  • A public service ad from Americans for Fairness in Lending (AFFIL) calls attention to the destructive consequences of predatory mortgages. AFFIL, a national collaboration of consumer advocacy groups and other nonprofit organizations, works to end abusive and predatory lending.

    American Nightmare

    Homeowners under threat of foreclosure suffer a level of trauma that's largely invisible to most Americans, while professionals working to keep people in their homes are often overwhelmed by the complexity of the crisis.

  • Losing Ground

    In communities of color throughout New York City, growing numbers of homeowners with subprime mortgages are finding themselves at risk of losing their homes, the bitter fruit of years of predatory lending practices.

  • New & Noted

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