This article examines how local public officials, nonprofit providers, and elected officials in the suburbs of Erie County, NY perceive impediments to fair housing.
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Building a Better Neighborhood Housing Partnership
Prior research has examined the role of intermediary organizations in affordable housing development and community-based housing organization (CBHO) capacity building. This article builds on this work by examining an applied research project aimed at assessing the feasibility of creating a neighborhood housing partnership (NHP) organization in Buffalo, New York.
Chasing a Paper Tiger: Evaluating Buffalo’s Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice
This article focuses on a specific component of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) strategy to implement a fair housing strategy, its requirements for local jurisdictions that receive community development block grant (CDBG) dollars to prepare an analysis of impediments to fair housing choice (AI) report.
The Four Horseman of the Fair Housing Apocalypse: A Critique of Fair Housing Policy in the USA
This article examines US fair housing policy from a critical perspective.
Neighborhood characteristics, community development corporations and the community development industry system: a case study of the American Deep South
This article examines the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and community development corporations (CDC).
Ethnic Solidarity and Black Business: The Case of Ethnic Beauty Aids Distributors in Chicago
This paper examines the development of a separate economic niche for black entrepreneurs in Chicago’s ethnic beauty aids industry.
The role of citizen participation and action research principles in Main Street revitalization
This article examines the use of citizen participation techniques during the planning process for neighborhood revitalization in the Village of Depew which is an industrial suburb of Buffalo, New York. The article focuses on how research principles can inform and enhance traditional approaches to citizen participation.
Neighborhoods Matter: The Role of Universities in the School Reform Neighborhood Development Movement
By focusing on a federal Choice neighborhood initiative, this study will not only make the case for connecting school reform and neighborhood development but also present a model that demonstrates how this can happen. The study will also make a stronger case for the university’s unique role in fostering neo-collaborative structures fit to take on wicked problems of neighborhood distress and urban decline.