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WEBShelterforce is a nonprofit media organization dedicated to writing about affordable housing, housing justice, and community development. We are not a housing provider, social services organization, or legal provider, so we can’t help you directly. However, the resources below should give you a sense of where to start looking and who to ask.
Understanding Community Land Trusts - Shelterforce
WEBJul 12, 2021 · A community land trust (CLT) is a structure that allows land to be held “in trust” for community needs, outside of the influence of market pressures. A classic CLT is an independent community-controlled entity that owns land and takes care of (or “stewards”) that land, making sure it is being used in ways that support the community it ...
ADUs: Laws and Uses, Do’s and Don’ts - Shelterforce
WEBMay 3, 2022 · The increase in issued ADU permits in Portland post-Great Recession was indeed quick and remarkable, going from just 26 in 2009 to 93 in 2011, and to 206 by 2014. In 2016 alone, the city issued 545 ADU permits. Waiving permitting and system development charges saved homeowners as much as $19,000 per permit.
Helping Tenants with Mental Health Challenges Who Are at Risk of ...
WEBJun 14, 2022 · 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.
Reagan’s Legacy: Homelessness in America - Shelterforce
WEBMay 1, 2004 · Another of Reagan’s enduring legacies is the steep increase in the number of homeless people, which by the late 1980s had swollen to 600,000 on any given night – and 1.2 million over the course of a year. Many were Vietnam veterans, children and laid-off workers. In early 1984 on Good Morning America, …
What Is NIMBYism and How Do Affordable Housing ... - Shelterforce
WEBNov 17, 2021 · NIMBYism is often driven, more or less openly, by racism and classism. But the concerns more commonly voiced are about increased crime, traffic congestion, strain on sewers, overcrowded schools, and lowered property values and “quality of life.”. When developments are built, however, these fears rarely come to pass. Some examples:
Making Loans to Help Formerly Incarcerated People Get Back on …
WEBApr 20, 2020 · Within the next few weeks, the CDFI plans to start issuing what Chief Lending Officer Carol Chernikoff described as “micro, micro, get-back-on-your-feet loans” that can help people recently released from prison pay for door-opening costs like court fines, transportation, work clothes, or textbooks.
How Quito’s Climate Relocation Plan Left 44 Families in Jeopardy
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Beyond La Mena 2, Quito’s entire climate relocation program of $11.6 million dollars was in jeopardy, with MIDUVI and the EPMHV in disagreement on how to proceed and close out their grant agreements. Federal-municipal tensions complicated the ability to resolve the issue of the 44 households without title in La Mena 2.
Should Fannie, Freddie Invest More in Underserved Markets ...
WEBJan 14, 2022 · The 2008 Housing and Economic Recovery Act includes what is known as the “duty to serve” provision that requires Fannie and Freddie to invest more resources into three underserved markets —affordable housing preservation, rural housing, and manufactured housing (often called mobile homes). In …
A Bolder Future for Housing Justice: 'These Times Call for Radical ...
WEBJan 15, 2021 · Tara Raghuveer: My name is Tara Raghuveer and I use she/her pronouns. I am the Homes Guarantee campaign director at People’s Action. I also helped to found and now run a group of radical tenants in Kansas City, Missouri, called KC Tenants.. Broadly speaking, housing justice is an end to racial capitalism, it’s a complete unraveling of the systems that shape the social order of the day.