Jun
22
Dorothea Bernique of Increasing HOPE in North Charleston, South Carolina, uses financial education to prevent predatory lending and foreclosure, stabilize neighborhoods.
June 22, 2015
Jun
05
Connecting the dots between community development corporations and healthy communities with Kavya Sekar of Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations.
June 5, 2015
May
15
Creative placemaking leverages arts and culture to serve communities. NACEDA Intern Max Brekke provides compelling examples as he makes sense of this growing field.
May 15, 2015
Apr
27
Nick Mitchell-Bennett of the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville, Texas developed an alternative to payday lending that's going national.
April 27, 2015
Apr
22
The most diverse and inclusive community development conference in a decade, the 2015 People & Places Community Conference was a platform for the nation's leading networks of community development practitioner networks − NACEDA, National CAPACD, NALCAB and the Urban League.
April 22, 2015
21 Blocks On the Rebound
Category: People & Places
Mar
09
Leigh Evans of the Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corporation addressed blight and abandonment to revitalize her Indianapolis, Indiana neighborhood.
March 9, 2015
Sep
17
A brief explanation of the community development field
September 17, 2014
Aug
13
A partnership based on trust between a network of CDCs and Johns Hopkins University creates a unified vision for Central Baltimore
August 13, 2014
Jul
29
The National Association of Realtors takes a strong stand against reforming the mortgage interest deduction. Not all realtors agree. Maine Realtor Jean-Marie Caterina explains that reforms to the mortgage interest deduction could be "a win-win for all" − including Maine realtors.
July 29, 2014
Jun
06
Minnesota legislature approves $100 million in housing bonds thanks to advocacy by Homes for All Alliance, Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers
June 6, 2014
May
12
Brad Finkelstein of National Mortgage News dispels the myth that subsidization of affordable housing caused the foreclosure crisis.
May 12, 2014
How Federal Community Development Investments Affect the Nation's Bottom Line
Category: Bright Ideas
Feb
18
Community development tax credits produce enough local, state, and federal tax revenue to more than offset their cost, explains the president of the National Development Council.
February 18, 2014
Jan
31
Andy Fraizer and Rose Scovel of Indiana Association for Community Economic Development provide TA to the Community Builders Network of Greater St. Louis
By Rose Scovel, Director of Capacity Building at the Indiana Association for Community Economic Development
January 31, 2014
Dec
17
The closure of HUD's Minneapolis Multifamily Office was prevented by a partnership between the Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers, Sen. Franken, Rep. Ellison... and NACEDA.
December 17, 2013
Dec
17
The Philadelphia Association of CDCs, the Campaign to Take Back Vacant Land, and the Philadelphia Land Bank Alliance and partners persuaded the Philadelphia City Council to approve a land bank bill.
December 17, 2013
Oct
22
Tips for developing a cohesive, concise, effective elevator pitch to explain the beliefs and missions of your community development corporation.
October 22,2013
Jul
25
How does inequality inhibit economic growth? MacArthur Foundation report explains.
July 25,2013
Jun
10
Does the new Brookings Institution report correctly diagnose what's going on with poverty in America? The president of the Massachussetts Association of CDCs has some questions.
June 10, 2013
Dec
11
CDCs contributed $3.3 billion to the Philadelphia economy since 1992 according to an economic impact report from the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations.
December 11, 2012
Oct
27
See how the HOME Investment Partnership Program has improved the lives of residents on fixed incomes at Medford Senior Residences in affluent Medford, New Jersey
October 27, 2011