Does Cleveland’s Plan for Public Green Space Pave the Way for Gentrification?
Who gets to benefit from neighborhood revitalization efforts, and at what cost?
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Why Don’t California’s Nonprofit Housers Embrace Social Housing?
Attachment to tax credits, which can’t provide as much housing as we need, is keeping the much-needed expertise of nonprofit developers out of conversations about alternatives.
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Not Only Building Buildings: The Black Community Developers Group
A conversation with Leatrice Moore, executive director of Black Community Developers Group, about the need for BCDG and plans for the future.
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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.
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.
What Do Residents Think of Community Development Organizations?
Research explores residents’ experiences with and observations about community development organizations in four cities.
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.
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Community Development Field
Her 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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LIHTC
LIHTC: 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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Disability
Getting 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.