The Making of Co-op City, the Nation’s Biggest Housing Co-op
网页2022年10月6日 · Freedomland: Co-op City and the Story of New York, by Oberlin College history professor Annemarie Sammartino, traces the history of Co-op City from its initial planning stages in the mid 1960s through the early 1990s, including a major rent strike, the assertion of community control, race and class dynamics, and the ways the development …
ADUs: Laws and Uses, Do’s and Don’ts - Shelterforce
网页2022年5月3日 · This is the second installment in ADUs Explained, an Under the Lens series.. With the nationwide shortage of affordable homes nearing 7 million units, accessory dwelling units—or ADUs—have become the focus of both governmental and media attention as a potential source of unsubsidized low-income housing.. ADUs are attractive for …
Helping Tenants with Mental Health Challenges Who Are at Risk of ...
网页2022年6月14日 · Reported Article Housing. Helping Tenants with Mental Health Challenges Who Are at Risk of Eviction. Support at all stages of an eviction could help vulnerable tenants navigate the process, avoid being removed from their home, or if they are evicted, help them catch their footing.
What Does ‘Gentrification’ Really Mean? - Shelterforce
网页2021年8月17日 · The term “gentrification” was coined in the 1960s by Ruth Glass, a German-British sociologist. She used it to describe the phenomenon of middle-class people buying up homes in working-class neighborhoods of London, resulting in the displacement of the original households and “a change in the social character” of the neighborhood.
Helping At-Risk Homeowners Stay Put With a Land Trust
网页2019年4月25日 · Reported Article #195 Summer 2019 —The Rural Issue. Helping At-Risk Homeowners Stay Put With a Land Trust. For some homeowners at risk of losing their home, City of Lakes Community Land Trust has been able to keep them in place by bringing their home into the land trust.
What Is NIMBYism and How Do Affordable Housing ... - Shelterforce
网页2021年11月17日 · NIMBY stands for “Not in My Back Yard.” In the housing world it’s used to describe people, typically existing residents (especially homeowners), who oppose new housing development near their homes—particularly denser or more affordable housing.
The Promise and Peril of HUD’s RAD Program - Shelterforce
网页2018年7月30日 · #191 Summer 2018 — Renters Rising. The Promise and Peril of HUD’s RAD Program. After a public housing property in Hopewell, Virginia, was privatized through the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, some families were threatened with eviction and calls to Child Protective Services when […]
Security Deposit Alternatives: The Misleading Marketing of …
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Tiny House Villages in Seattle: An Efficient Response to Our ...
网页2019年3月15日 · In 2017, I wrote a piece for Shelterforce on Seattle’s then-emerging effort to build tiny houses to shelter homeless families, couples, and singles. Over the past three years, Seattle has led the country in piloting this response to the homelessness crisis. There are now 10 tiny house villages located throughout Seattle on government, private, …
The U.S. Health Care System: Players and Incentives
网页2020年10月23日 · The Public Health System . COVID-19 has put the spotlight on the country’s public health system, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines as “all public, private, and voluntary entities that contribute to the delivery of essential public health services within a jurisdiction.” In other words, from the national …