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Better Together
The community development and health sectors can and should work together to reduce health disparities and improve everyone’s health. ·
Breathing Easier
A Massachusetts-based program provides home environment assessments, education, and home remediation services—often resulting in the improved health and lives of families. ·
Housing First
The conventional approach to homelessness starts with services. But starting with permanent housing instead costs less and works better. ·
Unsorting Our Cities
To improve the health of residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods, we have to address inequality, not medical care. ·
California’s New Environmental Movement
How communities of color, using health and jobs as rallying cries, took on Big Oil -- and won! ·
Healthy Yards with Youth in Charge
The Worcester, Mass., Toxic Soil Busters co-op shows improving a neighborhood’s health doesn’t have to be limited to experts and outsiders. ·
The Intersection of Health Philanthropy and Housing
Health philanthropy and community development have historically worked on separate tracks. That’s changing. ·
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Author Roundtable
Shelterforce authors discuss the roles of place, mobility, and displacement on health and neighborhoods. ·
Taking Health Into Account
By systematically assessing the health risks of development decisions upfront, health impact assessments can prevent costly and harmful mistakes. ·
Foreclosing on Our Health?
In a dangerous cycle, medical bills are a common cause of foreclosure—and the stress and financial crisis of foreclosure causes an increase in serious health problems. ·
Prescription for a New Neighborhood
Housing mobility can complement community revitalization for children with serious health challenges. ·
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Health and Community Development Resources
If you want to explore the intersection of health and community development further, here are some places to start.
Shelterforce Interview: Sen. Robert Menendez
In February, on the heels of $25 billion attorneys general mortgage settlement, Sen. Robert Menendez unleashed the Preserving American Homeownership Act, a bill that would help eligible underwater homeowners by creating a program where banks reduce mortgage principal in exchange for a portion of the increased value of the home over time -- shared appreciation mortgage. The bill was timely because it mirrored Ocwen Financial's loan modification program, Shared Appreciation Modification, that creates equity by writing down an underwater borrower’s principal balance to 95 percent LTV. In this interview, Shelterforce talks to Menendez, (D-NJ), who serves as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee's subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, about this initiative, the ongoing federal response to the housing crisis, the Sustainable Communities Initiative, the Occupy movement, and more. ·
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