Matthew Hersh
Matthew Hersh is a New Jersey native who joined Shelterforce magazine in April 2008 as associate editor. For five years prior to coming to Shelterforce, he was editor of a central New Jersey newspaper and is a longtime freelance writer working mostly in the nonprofit sector. A graduate of Rutgers University, Matthew has worked for the New Jersey State Legislature and was communications director for a nonprofit transportation organization. Email Matthew at mhersh@nhi.org.
ARTICLES IN SHELTERFORCE since jan 08
- Trading Bullets for a Better Future
Youth violence scars lives, turning America’s streets into war zones. How do we transform killing fields into training grounds for stronger communities?
- The Green New Deal
Majora Carter saw natural beauty and economic empowerment in her South Bronx neighborhood where others saw only a dumping ground. She’s changing the urban landscape in a way that’s been an eye-opener to people around the globe.
POSTS ON ROOFLINES
- Oct 3 · House Passes Bailout: Let The Market Soar!
- Sep 26 · DOJ Keeps An Eye On Michigan
- Sep 25 · Will Financial Crisis Lead to Hard Times for Nonprofits?
- Sep 22 · Affordable Housing as an “Unfunded Mandate”
- Sep 18 · Discouraging the Voter
- Sep 11 · Is It Just a Foreclosure Holiday?
- Sep 10 · What Do You Make of the Fannie/Freddie Takeover?
- Sep 4 · Organizing a Counterattack
- Aug 23 · Obama-Biden: What Does It Mean?
- Aug 21 · Wait: How Many Houses DO I Have?
- Aug 4 · With Rising Property Taxes, Should Non-Profits Now Pay Their “Fair Share”?
- Jul 30 · The Mess In Texas (Houston: We Have a Recycling Problem)
- Jul 23 · The Wave that Follows The Atlantic
- Jul 21 · It’s an Affordable Housing Victory, But How Do We Win Over the Towns?
- Jul 11 · Rangel’s Wrangle with Rent Control
- Jul 8 · In New Jersey’s Hub City, A Push to Change Government Gets Big Government Resistance
- Jul 1 · The COAH Bluff, the Midas Touch, and New Jersey’s Fight for Affordable Housing
- Jun 25 · One Candidate Drops Out of Public Finance, Another Wishes He Could
- Jun 20 · Sounding the Death Knell for Public Financing, Or a New Era of Grass-roots Fund-Raising?
- Jun 19 · A Big Easy Comparison, But How Similar?
- Jun 19 · Crackdown Rocks Real-Estate Industry
- Jun 15 · The Russert Factor
- Jun 12 · So It’s Come to This?
- Jun 10 · Awarded for Smart Growth
- Jun 3 · It’s Your Moment Sen. Obama (It’s Ours, Too)
- May 27 · “Let’s Refuel America”
- May 22 · Sustainability’s Bottom Line
- May 17 · The Garden State Has a Tell, and Towns Are Calling the Bluff
- May 13 · Could High Gas Prices Have Positive Side Effects?
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