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How CDFIs Can Help Build L.A.’s Future
(Photo by Roberto Nickson on Unsplash) In many ways, Los Angeles has much to envy: Movie stars. Sunny weather. Beaches. What the city lacks, though, is sufficient CDFI funding to satisfy the needs of...
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How a Simple Rental Registry in Chicago Could Limit Widespread Housing Scams
The Chatham neighborhood in Chicago (Photo by Oscar Perry Abello) When the management of her building in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood changed last year, JoLondon Jamerson saw a sign posted in her...
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Housing in Brief: New Yorkers Support Good Cause Eviction
(Photo by Lance Grandahl on Unsplash) New Yorkers Approve of “Good Cause” Eviction, Poll Shows A new poll from Data for Progress, a left-leaning think tank, found widespread support for a “Good Cause”...
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Make Electric Vehicles Affordable for the Rest of Us
(Image by andreas160578/Pixabay) As an environmentalist who totes kids around town, I would love to buy an electric car. But here in South Carolina, the cheapest electric vehicles (EVs) are at least...
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“Reforestation Hubs” Are Saving Urban Trees From Heading to Landfills
Cambium Carbon saves wood by turning it into sustainable furniture (Credit: Cambium Carbon) Urban areas in US cities are estimated to lose an average of 36 million trees every year. This results in...
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Economics in Brief: Students Who Have Experienced Gun Violence Are More...
Two young girls protest at the 2018 March For Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Tim Mudd on Unsplash) Students Who Have Experienced Gun Violence Suffer Long-Term Consequences A report by...
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Woman-Led Investment Fund Goes Where Few Black-Led Funds Have Gone Before
Market Street with the Enterprise Center to the right with the satellite dish on top (Photo by Oscar Perry Abello) It wouldn’t be the first time The Enterprise Center’s West Philadelphia headquarters...
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Building Transportation Equity in the Car-Centric South
An On the Road Lending client with her new car (Photo courtesy of On the Road Lending) In much of the south, public transportation lags behind that of many coastal cities. Even in some parts of...
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How an Experimental Service in a Library Prevents Incarceration
A client seeks the help of an attorney at the St. Louis County Library (Photo by Wiley Price/St. Louis American) Early this year, George Harris (not his real name) had two pending court cases in St....
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Hear Us: Moving Forward As We Mourn
(Drazen Zigic/iStock Photo) EDITOR’S NOTE: “Hear Us” is a column series that features experts of color and their insights on issues related to the economy and racial justice. Follow us here and at...
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German Artists Are Selling Their Work to Fund Housing for the Homeless
Mario, 53, is one of the recipients of an apartment through fiftyfifty. “A roof over my head gives me a feeling of safety," he says. "I now even have a real job and can pay for all my expenses myself....
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Housing in Brief: Seattle Gets More Transparent About Its Homelessness Crisis
The Seattle area has the country's third-largest homeless population. (Credit: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Seattle Launches Homelessness Transparency Dashboard The City of Seattle is launching a new...
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Why Netflix Is Depositing Its Money in Black Banks
Hope Credit Union's first branch in New Orleans (Photo courtesy Oscar Perry Abello) Operating a credit union in the Deep South, a region with some of the deepest entrenched poverty in the country,...
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Economics in Brief: California Reparations Task Force Calls for Housing and...
(Photo by Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 2.0) California’s Reparations Task Force Recommends Granting Tuition and Housing Grants for Slave Descendants In its first report, California’s reparations task force...
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Are Elected Boards the Ticket to Better Transit?
(Photo courtesy of Metro Transit) For years, Minnesota lawmakers have tried to pass bills to elect the governor-appointed Metropolitan Council, the Twin Cities’ federally-designated metropolitan...
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In Durham, Police Will No Longer Be the Only First Responders for Mental...
Brainstorm notes from a community listening session around public safety in Durham, North Carolina, on December 12, 2021 Sponsored content from FUSE. Sponsored content policy When FUSE Executive...
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How a Majority BIPOC Worker Co-Op Is Disrupting the Field of Therapy
(FatCamera/iStock Photo) When Dawn Sánchez takes on a new therapy client, she’s upfront about the money stuff. At the Alliance Psychological Services of New York, the out-of-pocket costs for people...
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The Fintech Company Helping Black-Led Banks Provide Small-Business Loans
a OneUnited Bank branch in Boston (Photo by Oscar Perry Abello) Teri Williams has been thinking a lot recently about the connections, or the lack thereof, between small business lending and Black...
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Is It Time to Reimagine the American Schoolyard?
The Space to Grow schoolyard at Nathan S. Davis Elementary School in Chicago (Photo courtesy of Space to Grow) Harold Washington Elementary School in the Burnside neighborhood on the south side of...
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When Preserving Affordable Housing Is Cheaper Than Building It
A 24-unit building in Washington Park that was improved through the TBI program (Photo courtesy of CIC) While building affordable housing is a hot topic, new buildings only account for about a quarter...
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