New Edition: Shelterforce magazine

Posted by on May 15, 2004

The March/April issue of Shelterforce magazine begins with Nancy Biberman, founder and president of Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corp., telling how her organization fought to incorporate beauty in the design of low-income housing for families in the Bronx. Also, this issue continues Shelterforce’s examination of community development in Newark, NJ by looking at how community development leaders are making sure the city’s new master plan makes room for schools and open space. In another article, Tiffany Meier and Brad Hunt tell the story of how the development of the heavily subsidized private community — which had no apartments reserved for low-income residents — galvanized the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, which worked tirelessly, and creatively, to increase the visibility of the poor and homeless. Alan Mallach discusses wether NJ Gov. James McGreevey can (or will) stay true to the vision of Mount Laurel, the historic ruling that was supposed to ensure that the suburbs developed their fair share of affordable housing.