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A Workforce Training Model That Turns $1 Into $28
Project ARRIBA's 38th graduating class. (Photo courtesy Project ARRIBA) This story was co-published with El Paso Matters as part of our joint Equitable Cities Reporting Fellowship For Borderland...
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This Community-Controlled Real Estate Co-Op Is Proving Its Value
East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative's executive director Noni Session, right, and finance director Ojan Mobedshahi, left, discuss the organization's vision. (Screengrab via YouTube) While...
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What We Learned In 335 Miles
PGH_Liberty, New bicycle infrastructure Downtown. Photo courtesy of the City of Pittsburgh. Sponsored content from City Thread. Sponsored content policy The evidence from all over the world is clear:...
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In Flushing, Anti-Displacement Activists Fight An Uphill Battle
(Photo courtesy Queens Memory Project) I was born in downtown Flushing, New York, in the post-1965 wave of South Asian immigration to the area. I spent a lot of time during my childhood there: my...
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Housing In Brief: Biden Plans to Cut Homelessness By 25%
In this Jan. 27, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on climate change, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) Biden...
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A Bay Area Church Attempts Housing Reparations
(Photo courtesy of Arlington Community Church UCC) This article was co-published by Prism and Next City as part of our Solutions for Economic Equity partnership, highlighting how low-income and...
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$29 Million Fund Has Big Plans to Fuel Black-Owned Businesses
Left to right: HOPE Credit Union CEO Bill Bynum and Expanding Black Business Credit President Mary Houghton (Photos courtesy of HOPE Credit Union and EBBC) Earlier this year, investors closed on the...
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How Philly’s Eviction Diversion Program Became A Model For Cities Around The...
(Photo by Samantha Hurley / Burst) Three months after giving birth, Natasha* brought her baby home to an apartment in West Philadelphia. There, the little girl learned to crawl and walk, talk and...
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The Bottom Line: The Big Question We’ll Be Asking In 2023
Julio Sanchez purchased his grocery store in the Bronx through a mortgage from Ponce Bank, a community bank based in the Bronx. Read more about Ponce Bank. (Photo by Marielle Argueza) Most people...
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Calif. State Budget Goes All in On CDFIs
(Photo by W K on Unsplash) California Governor Gavin Newsom’s recently signed state budget has good news for CDFIs — and the people who benefit from them. The 2022-23 budget includes $50 million to...
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How Cities Along The Southern Border Are Preparing For The End Of Title 42
Migrants, many of them from Venezuela, pass the time on the sidewalk near El Paso's Sacred Heart church. (Photo by Corrie Boudreaux / El Paso Matters) This story was co-published with El Paso Matters...
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Richmond’s Bus Rapid Transit Has Been A Surprise Success. Other Cities Are...
Richmond’s bus rapid transit line, the Pulse. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) This story was originally published by Virginia Mercury. Since it began operating in June 2018, Richmond’s Pulse has...
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The Housing Storylines We’re Following In 2023
Lynn United for Change activists in Lynn, Massachusetts advocate for affordable housing development. (Photo by Isaac Simon Hodes / Right To The City / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) This was not a pleasant year to...
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Housing In Brief: Alameda County Bans Criminal Background Checks For...
A man passes a homeless encampment just feet from Larchmont Charter School in Hollywood, Calif. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP) Alameda County Bans Criminal Background Checks For...
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A Black-Led Bike Share Company Is Charting A New Course In Youngstown, Ohio
YoGo Bikeshare president Ronnell Elkins was inspired by D.C.'s Capital Bikeshare. (Photo courtesy YoGo Bikeshare) From protecting the planet to serving the public of entire cities with accessible and...
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Free Fridges In The Bronx, Created As COVID Stopgap, Still Meeting Chronic...
A community fridge in Riverdale at 242nd Street and Broadway offers free food. (Jonathan Custodio/THE CITY) This story was originally published on Nov. 30 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest...
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Economics In Brief: Illinois Says Goodbye To Cash Bail
A bail bonds office across from the Hall of Justice in San Francisco (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) NYC Could Lose 10K Airbnb Listings Via New Short-Term Rental Regulations The New York Daily News reports...
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The Former Foster Youth Sharing Meditation With New York City School Kids
Demetrius Napolitano at the Harlem elementary school he once attended, where he now teaches meditation. (Photo by MacKenna Lewis / The Imprint) This article is being co-published with The Imprint, a...
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Remembering The Heroes Of Socially Responsible Investment
Dominican Sr. Patricia Daly (Screenshot from "A Tribute to Sr. Pat Daly, OP," by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility) In December, the New York Times reported the death of a hero of the...
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No Rider Left Behind: How Cities Can Make Transit Shutdowns As Painless As...
(Photo courtesy MBTA) Boston’s month-long Orange Line shutdown in August was not for the faint of heart. “Our first concern was, ‘How are we going to take a transit line which carries at peak 100,000...
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