Once again this year, we asked our staff to recommend books, programs, and podcasts they found particularly interesting or entertaining in this unique and strange year. Here…
Although we’re working remotely, we still are hosting a variety of virtual events this fall on a range of housing-related issues, including equitable development, how…
When Gustavo Petro, a self-described radical, was elected mayor of Bogota, Colombia in 2012, he embraced policies aimed at densifying that city, making it more sustainable,…
Addressing homelessness, spurring urban revitalization, reforming housing finance, and encouraging equitable development are among the topics that will be discussed at our…
While many studies have shown that most foreclosures during the Great Recession occurred in minority or disadvantaged neighborhoods, few have carefully examined neighborhood-…
In anticipation of the holiday break, which for those of us in the Northeast is a time of short, cold days, we asked our staff to recommend some books, articles, programs,…
Innovative and collaborative approaches to the growing challenge of housing affordability were the focus of Housing + Innovation: Lessons from the Ivory Prize, a half-day…
While gentrification has been occurring in Seattle for several decades, the racial and ethnic composition of its gentrifying areas has changed in significant ways, according…
When environmental disasters such as Hurricane Harvey or California’s multi-year drought occur, community-based organizations (CBOs) focused on affordable housing and…
With increasing concern about housing affordability, there has been growing interest in Community Land Trusts (CLTs), place-based non-profits that hold land in perpetuity on…
