New Issue of Shelterforce Magazine

Posted by on February 10, 2006

NEW ISSUE OF SHELTERFORCE MAGAZINE

Is the Market the Solution?

The latest issue of Shelterforce Magazine features articles on how the money flowing from government into the nonprofit world has slowed to a trickle, and grants from foundations don?t provide a good backup plan. Maybe nonprofits should make some of their own money and assert their financial independence.

You will find a summary and links to each of the feature articles below. Contact David Holtzman at dholtzman@nhi.org with questions. To view the full issue or subscribe, go to http://www.nhi.org.

The Revolution Will Not Be Grant Funded
CDCs have become too reliant on foundation grants and public dollars to provide affordable housing and jobs in our communities. But now that the era of giving is ending, we should consider the market as a way to support ourselves.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/143/revolution.html

Business Wisdom in the High Country
A Santa Fe CDC responded to skyrocketing housing costs by becoming a lender and broker while it also preserved and built homes. In the process, the organization developed a more retail-oriented approach to ensuring people?s financial security.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/143/businesswisdom.html

Creating Community Realty
In upstate New York, housing groups started a brokerage for low-income residents and neighborhoods poorly served by for-profit real estate agents. While it is a nonprofit, the brokerage is still expected to pay for itself.
www.nhi.org/online/issues/143/communityrealty.html

Also in this issue:

The Last Line of Defense
The West Bank Community Development Corporation has remained the last bastion of collective control of housing, working against the tide to prevent it from becoming just another financial asset, rather than a community?s asset.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/143/lastdefense.html

After Katrina: Fighting to Survive
After the storm, our author revisits the Gulf Coast communities she profiled in the last issue of Shelterforce.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/143/afterkatrina.html

It Didn?t Begin With Katrina
New Orleans was suffering from an economic and political disaster long before Hurricane Katrina hit.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/143/beforekatrina.html