New Issue of Shelterforce Magazine

Posted by on July 29, 2005

[posted from Comm-Org listserv]

NEW ISSUE OF SHELTERFORCE MAGAZINE

The Power of a Community-Based Development Coalition
The rise and fall of the Chicago Association of Neighborhood Development Organizations illustrates the challenges facing advocacy organizations when they shift to service delivery.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/141/CANDO.html

Cleveland’s Housing Court
Is it good for the community? The neighborhood? The block? These are the questions that drive decisions in one city’s housing court.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/141/housingcourt.html

Listening to the Community
Hope Community Inc. organized residents to discuss and plan the future of a local park, allowing them to control the change in their neighborhood.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/141/HOPE.html

Making the Case for Employer-Assisted Housing
Financial help from business owners, matched by public dollars, enables hundreds of people to live close to their jobs in Chicago. The idea is catching on.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/141/EAH.html

Mary Moody: Going Against the Grain
After experiencing North Carolina’s shelter system first hand, Mary Moody began a crusade to ease the plight of the homeless.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/141/Moody.html

A Matter of Life and Hope
Mossik Hacobian’s 11-year drive to reduce neighborhood crime led to an island of safety for young people.
http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/141/Hacobian.html

Important reading in the new issue of Shelterforce, the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Building