The Key to Making Economic Development More Equitable Is Making It More Democratic The Key to Making Economic Development More Equitable Is Making It More Democratic
How Oakland and other cities are experimenting with efforts to make local residents active participants in the development process.
Apr 26, 2016 / K. Sabeel Rahman
Can Neighborhoods Be Revitalized Without Gentrifying Them? Can Neighborhoods Be Revitalized Without Gentrifying Them?
Baltimore’s new housing plan could provide a form of neighborhood uplift that benefits communities, not developers.
Apr 11, 2016 / Michelle Chen
How Banks and Developers Collude to Get Rid of New York’s Affordable Housing How Banks and Developers Collude to Get Rid of New York’s Affordable Housing
Granting huge mortgages on rent-regulated buildings doesn’t make financial sense—unless lenders know buyers will kick out existing tenants.
Apr 5, 2016 / DW Gibson
Private Infrastructure Contracting May Be a Quick Way to Round Up Capital, but Does It Create Lasting Jobs? Private Infrastructure Contracting May Be a Quick Way to Round Up Capital, but Does It Create Lasting Jobs?
To avoid “disaster capitalism,” community organizations need to be deeply involved.
Apr 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
There Goes the Neighborhood: How the Gentrification Machine Really Works There Goes the Neighborhood: How the Gentrification Machine Really Works
Mayor de Blasio’s plan to rezone East New York is his way of controlling the gentrification machine—so what does the zoning plan actually look like?
Mar 30, 2016 / Podcast / There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
This Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Shows That Bold, Progressive Ideas Are Feasible and Sensible This Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Shows That Bold, Progressive Ideas Are Feasible and Sensible
The remarkable CPC People’s Budget is an urgent call for the kinds of bigger, bolder reforms that can make our lives better.
Mar 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What I Saw in Flint What I Saw in Flint
Residents have lost faith in the system, but they are also ready to fight.
Mar 21, 2016 / Rep. Keith Ellison
The Landmark Housing Deal That Could Help Quell New York’s Affordability Crisis The Landmark Housing Deal That Could Help Quell New York’s Affordability Crisis
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plans for Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning could bring relief to numerous rent-pinched New Yorkers—unless Governor Andrew Cuomo’s own plans get in the way.
Mar 18, 2016 / The Editors
America, the Unaffordable America, the Unaffordable
There’s a housing crisis. Everywhere. Can New York City create a blueprint to solve it?
There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard
In Episode 2, meet the residents of East New York, who are determined to protect their community from the waves of gentrification crashing over the rest of Brooklyn.
Mar 16, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright and There Goes the Neighborhood