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From Rooflines: The Shelterforce Blog

Skipping "Place-Based" Work Leaves Cities Vulnerable to Climate Change

By Denise Fairchild, Emerald Cities Collaborative

Instead of dismantling the extractive economy, we are reinforcing it by asking for a greater share of it. Asking for greater access to jobs and income from industries that are polluting our communities, damaging our health, and destroying our environments while also producing great income inequality leaves . . . More

Unfriend Your Neighbor to Get a Loan?

By Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce

Want to be that one person who bootstraps themselves out of poverty and makes it, against all odds? Not if Facebook has anything to do with it . . . More

Fear of Causing Displacement Shouldn't Mean Fear of Private Investment

By Jonathan Reckford, Habitat for Humanity

If decaying urban areas across the U.S. are going to stop their downward spiral, it is going to require a variety of neighborhood investment--from within and from outside . . . More

Exclusive Shelterforce Interview

Julián Castro

Secretary, Department of Housing & Urban Development

In an exclusive interview with Shelterforce, Sec. Castro reveals that HUD is reviewing, in conjunction with the Dept. of Justice, current screening policies that exclude people with arrest and/or criminal records from public housing.

He also discusses HUD's new AFFH rule, housing affordability, the department's 50th anniversary, and more . . .

You Said It!

"Clear, informative, and provocative. A fine contribution to the national conversation about fair housing, addressing BOTH the removal of discriminatory barriers AND the expansion of housing options with lasting affordability." -- John Emmeus Davis on Interview with HUD Secretary Julian Castro.

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