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, …
Security Deposits Are a Barrier to Affordable Housing
WEBJun 1, 2021 · That figure, along with the fact that 40 percent of Americans can’t afford an unexpected $400 expense, makes it easy to see why high security deposits can be a major hurdle for low-income renters. Sophie House, legal fellow at the NYU Furman Center, says high deposits can make it harder for people to escape homelessness or dangerous living ...
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.
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 ...
Making Loans to Help Formerly Incarcerated People Get Back on …
WEBApr 20, 2020 · Knauss, who was formerly incarcerated, was able to get a business loan from Hope Enterprise Corporation. Brenda Davis started a dog grooming business in Colorado Springs called Clip-n-dales. In 2017, Brenda Davis was finally free. She’d been convicted of financial crimes and given a 10-year sentence, and after five years in …
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.
Miracle on 42nd Street: A Tale of Artist Housing - Shelterforce
WEBJan 3, 2018 · A new documentary, Miracle on 42nd Street, explores the story behind a bold idea to create a subsidized housing community for artists in one New York City neighborhood, and how its success helped build community in an area in need of revitalization. On the precipice of an economic recession, New York City in the early 1970s was not an easy place to live, work, or do business; in fact, if one ...
What We Know About Market-Rate Housing Construction and …
WEBNov 5, 2018 · We need to talk about market-rate construction, and displacement. Here is the what the research says: Studies show that market-rate housing development is linked to the mass displacement of neighboring low-income residents (Davidson and Lees 2005, 2010; Pearsall 2010). Such displacement occurs …
‘We-Making’: How Arts and Culture Build Social Cohesion
WEBJan 3, 2022 · The We-Making conceptual framework maps the relationship between place-based arts and cultural strategies, social cohesion, and increased equitable community well-being, was then expanded and finalized. Case studies from the We-Making report show that place-based arts and cultural strategies generate and amplify social cohesion.
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:
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