Shelterforce: Essential Reporting on Affordable Housing Shelterforce
6 days ago · Shelterforce covers topics from community planning to racial equity, housing affordability to homeownership, and the future of community development.
About Shelterforce: Essential Reporting on Affordable Housing Shelterforce
Shelterforce is a 49-year-old nonprofit news organization centered around the fight for healthy communities.In partnership with our readers and other newsrooms, we serve housing justice and community development leaders by delivering content that delves into the intricacies of housing organizing, community planning, and affordable housing development, offering insights into …
Is Housing the Key to Attracting Teachers? These Folks Think So.
1 day ago · Shannon Montague remembers how difficult it was to find housing in Baltimore after landing her first teaching job in the city. It was 2016 and the recent University of Notre Dame graduate was participating in the Teach for America program, which offers short, intensive teacher training in exchange for a two-year commitment to work in a high-needs school system.
Communities — Shelterforce Shelterforce
Nov 19, 2024 · Here you’ll find articles on some of the broader forces that affect the physical communities we live in, questions about what makes a community and who gets to live there, and explorations of the ways people try to shape and reclaim control over their communities.
All Topics - Shelterforce
Shelterforce writes about topics such as the Community Development Field, Policy, Equity, and Communities and how they contribute to housing justice.
Under the Lens - Shelterforce
Americans are struggling more than ever to find and maintain housing they can afford. The climate crisis is only making things worse. In this series, Shelterforce takes a deeper look at the intersection of housing and climate change, and the threat a changing climate poses to the nation’s stock of affordable housing. What are some of the possible solutions and challenges to confront that threat?
New Research Gives Different—But Complementary—Looks
May 6, 2024 · Reported Article Moving Community Development Forward. New Research Gives Different—But Complementary—Looks at the Community Development Field. Three fascinating research projects take very different approaches to learning more about the sector, but many of the storylines they are surfacing are related.
Homelessness - Shelterforce
Jan 19, 2024 · What Started as Emergency Housing Could Offer a Model for Ending Homelessness in Delaware. September 17, 2024 | Frances Nguyen. Four years ago, New Castle County bought a hotel to provide safe housing for its most vulnerable residents.
Shelterforce Strategic Plan 2023–2028
Shelterforce, a nonprofit news organization that has been around for nearly five decades, is poised for significant growth in the coming years.Led by visionary leaders and supported by a dedicated board, Shelterforce is already recognized nationally among community development professionals and housing sector experts. As we look ahead, our goal is to become a household name, providing ...
Why Some Affordable Housing Managers Are Running Education …
5 days ago · “Kids do better when their parents are doing better and parents do better when their kids are doing better,” says Bonnie Howard, a senior fellow at the Campaign for Grade Level Reading.That’s one of many reasons that the Campaign—and a number of housing organizations as well—think that locating educational support programs physically in affordable housing developments, or at least ...