The Little Free Pantry

Little free pantries are a hyper-local, small-scale way to help out neighbors who are hungry.

#StrongCitizens, Quednau, Top Story, Local FoodRachel QuednauMay 23, 2017neighborhood, poverty, local food

Today at 1:30pm CT, join Strong Towns members and experts for a discussion about how the biking community can better include and represent everyone who bikes.

Video, BikeabilityStrong TownsMay 12, 2017strong talk, poverty

The 5 Immutable Laws of Affordable Housing

There’s probably no panacea for housing affordability. Here are 5 immutable laws of affordable housing that cities must recognize if they want to move forward. Plus 3 strategies for doing so.

The Invisible Bike Riders

There's a huge segment of the biking population that isn't often talked about or listened to.

BikeabilityRachel QuednauMay 2, 2017immigrants, poverty, page highlight

How much would you pay?

I’m not sure what hurts more—knowing that people are willing to trade off that much of their income to not live “here”, or that someone I really respect has to pay so much to live in a way which, apart from the size of the home, is just a standard living arrangement in most parts of the developed world.

Top Story, Member Post, HousingSteven ShultisApril 6, 2017poverty, affordable housing

Bonton Farms: Transforming a Community from Within

Learning from the community and adapting as needed, this farm is transforming and empowering the neighborhood from within.

#StrongCitizens, Member Post, Top Story, Local FoodDaniel HerrigMarch 28, 2017gardening, Farming, poverty, local food

A "Hand Up" Through Housing

The Fuller Center for Housing has helped dozens of Allendale families build and own their own homes and they have high hopes for the neighborhood. But until the I-49 connector is put to rest, investment in the area will be stifled.

#StrongCitizens, Housing, Shreveport, Top Story, QuednauRachel QuednauFebruary 22, 2017poverty, affordable housing

New Milwaukee Housing Program Takes the Easy Route

A new housing program in Milwaukee, WI tries to get foreclosed homes quickly rehabbed—and loses something in the process.

Top Story, Quednau, Housing, Small Scale DevelopersRachel QuednauJanuary 20, 2017poverty

Reinventing Poor Cities at Scale

Social justice concerns are an acceptable motive for collective action, but they don't free us from the requirement that our infrastructure investments make financial sense.

#InfrastructureCrisis, MarohnCharles MarohnJanuary 17, 2017Flint, poverty, water, pipes, page highlight

Poor Neighborhoods Make the Best Investments

We can make low risk, high returning investments in our cities while improving the quality of life for people, particularly those who are not benefiting from the current approach.

Pre-Election Thoughts

Scale our economy to those working at the ground level and we will see a true prosperity emerge.

MarohnCharles MarohnNovember 7, 20162016 election, poverty, class, Jobs

Evicted

Evicted is a powerful book with important lessons for those who design, govern and live in American cities and towns.

Housing, Quednau, Top StoryRachel QuednauOctober 3, 2016affordable housing, Milwaukee, race, poverty

An Interview with Steven Shultis on Urban Schools

In this podcast interview, Steve Shultis shares his perspective on raising a family in a walkable neighborhood and choosing to send his kids to an urban school.

Top Story, Podcast, #StrongCitizensStrong TownsSeptember 14, 2016schools, Steven Shultis, poverty, race

Why aren't we talking about Marietta?

It’s apparently acceptable for suburbs to actively discourage – and in this case, actually relocate – low-income renters. By pretending this sort of thing only happens in Brooklyn or San Francisco, we leave the low-income households who used to live in these now-demolished Marietta apartments vulnerable to very real displacement.

Top Story, Suburban Poverty, Member Post, HousingJoe CortrightAugust 18, 2016gentrification, poverty, City Observatory, Georgia, race

Lost in Place: The Problem of Concentrated Poverty

This interactive map lets you explore concentrations of suburban poverty and their growth over the last four decades.

Suburban Poverty, Top StoryStrong TownsAugust 17, 2016maps, poverty, City Observatory

The Challenge of Reaching Poor Suburban Residents

The deck is stacked against suburban residents trying to make it out of poverty and the current network of nonprofit and government-based service agencies is not set up to help them.

The Trajectory of Suburban Poverty

Our de facto national housing policy of drive-till-you-qualify suburban development works well enough for people with an education and a professional salary. It fails the working class entirely and that’s by design.

Suburban Poverty Meets Homeowner's Associations

What will happen to Homeowner's Associations in an America with increasing suburban poverty? It will be messy.

Suburban Poverty, Hood, Top StoryNathaniel M. HoodAugust 16, 2016Brookings Institute, poverty

Suburban Poverty: What the Research Says

The spectre of poverty haunts hundreds of American suburbs and effects millions of Americans. Let's take a look at the data behind suburban poverty: its causes, impacts and current trends.