There's No Shortage of Sh**ty Housing

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In this issue: Will NY Pass Landmark Tenants' Right to Counsel? ● Homelessness to Homeownership in 9 Months ● Does State-Level CRA Make Any Sense?

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Rest Assured, There's No Shortage of Sh**ty Housing
Jamaal Green, Portland State University
Emily Washington argues that "middle-class sensibilities" pose a significant barrier to the construction of affordable units. She's wrong. Here's why . . . More

Will New York Pass Landmark Right to Counsel for Tenants?
Lillian Ortiz, Shelterforce
Ninety percent of landlords in housing court have lawyers, while only 10 percent of tenants do. New York is betting they could improve their homelessness rate if they could change that ratio. Will they succeed? More

From Homelessness to Homeownership in Nine Months. It's Possible
Doug Ryan, CFED
In Grand Rapids, Michigan, families can go from homelessness to homeownership in less than a year. How do they do it? More

Does State-Level CRA Make Any Sense?
Josh Silver, NCRC
When practitioners in the affordable housing and community development field think about the Community Reinvestment Act, they think about the federal CRA. But can states do a better job? More

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On Two Presidential Affordable Housing Platforms
As a person who works for a nonprofit affordable housing builder, I am more than saddened that these two "only hopes" for a Democratic president have not broadened their understanding of the housing crisis in America. It is beyond comprehension that those in power are unaware of what is happening to the middle, lower-middle and lower-income people in our country. Our last building had 42 one-bedroom units for low-income people, and over 2,000 applications. It is the same everywhere and worse. I would like someone to . . . --Barbara Hamaker

On Harvard Planners Talk Race, Design, and St. Louis
For a long time, Rutgers University planning school had very little to offer on the way of design. That has changed, for the better, with the addition of design courses that embody the realization that design needs to meet public policy goals. --Bob Kull via Facebook

Planning is an interdisciplinary discipline by nature. There is a need for planners who have a talent for the design aspect and those who take the policy perspective--and the connection between the two.
--Kimberley Mickelson via Facebook

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