ADUs: Laws and Uses, Do’s and Don’ts - Shelterforce
WEBMay 3, 2022 · The increase in issued ADU permits in Portland post-Great Recession was indeed quick and remarkable, going from just 26 in 2009 to 93 in 2011, and to 206 by 2014. In 2016 alone, the city issued 545 ADU permits. Waiving permitting and system development charges saved homeowners as much as $19,000 per permit.
Understanding Community Land Trusts - Shelterforce
WEBJul 12, 2021 · A community land trust (CLT) is a structure that allows land to be held “in trust” for community needs, outside of the influence of market pressures. A classic CLT is an independent community-controlled entity that owns land and takes care of (or “stewards”) that land, making sure it is being used in ways that support the community it ...
Helping Tenants with Mental Health Challenges Who Are at Risk of ...
WEBJun 14, 2022 · Reported Article Housing. Helping Tenants with Mental Health Challenges Who Are at Risk of Eviction. Support at all stages of an eviction could help vulnerable tenants navigate the process, avoid being removed from their home, or if they are evicted, help them catch their footing.
Lessons from 20 Years of Enabling Tenants to Buy Their Buildings
WEBNov 23, 2020 · From 2004 to 2019, Mi Casa Inc. has helped 19 tenant groups form limited-equity cooperatives to purchase and redevelop their buildings, permanently preserving over 500 units of affordable housing, most of which are affordable to households at or below 30 percent of the area median income (AMI). While TOPA can …
Getting Medicaid to Pay for Pest Control - Shelterforce
WEBJun 3, 2022 · The idea is that if this carefully targeted comprehensive pest treatment, which costs about $1,000, successfully reduces repeat hospitalizations, which cost about $6,000 on average, according to DOHMH, it will easily pay for itself. The health department expects the pilot to reach 1,200 children, translating to millions of dollars saved.
Inclusionary Housing: Secrets to Success - Shelterforce
WEBMar 10, 2021 · Nationwide, 258 inclusionary housing programs reported creating about 110,000 affordable homes. Also, 123 programs, some of which overlap with the 258 programs reporting units, reported collecting $1.76 billion in fees to use for affordable housing. The way you design your program can make …
What Is NIMBYism and How Do Affordable Housing ... - Shelterforce
WEBNov 17, 2021 · NIMBYism is often driven, more or less openly, by racism and classism. But the concerns more commonly voiced are about increased crime, traffic congestion, strain on sewers, overcrowded schools, and lowered property values and “quality of life.”. When developments are built, however, these fears rarely come to pass. Some examples:
Reagan’s Legacy: Homelessness in America - Shelterforce
WEBMay 1, 2004 · Another of Reagan’s enduring legacies is the steep increase in the number of homeless people, which by the late 1980s had swollen to 600,000 on any given night – and 1.2 million over the course of a year. Many were Vietnam veterans, children and laid-off workers. In early 1984 on Good Morning America, …
‘We-Making’: How Arts and Culture Build Social Cohesion
WEBJan 3, 2022 · The We-Making conceptual framework maps the relationship between place-based arts and cultural strategies, social cohesion, and increased equitable community well-being, was then expanded and finalized. Case studies from the We-Making report show that place-based arts and cultural strategies generate and amplify social cohesion.
Giving Tenants the First Opportunity to Purchase Their Homes
WEBJul 24, 2020 · The first TOPA bill was enacted in Washington, D.C., in 1980 to give tenants at risk of eviction a pathway to ownership and control over their homes. A 2013 report from the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute found that TOPA helped preserve nearly 1,400 units of affordable housing in the District between 2003 and 2013, at just a fraction of a cost of ...