Matthew Brian Hersh
Matthew Brian Hersh is a New Jersey native who joined Shelterforce magazine in April 2008 as associate editor. For five years prior to coming to Shelterforce, he was editor of a central New Jersey newspaper and is a longtime freelance writer working mostly in the nonprofit sector. A graduate of Rutgers University, Matthew has worked for the New Jersey State Legislature and was communications director for a nonprofit transportation organization. He was named NHI/Shelterforce senior editor in April 2009. E-mail Matthew at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Matthew’s views do not necessarily reflect those of the National Housing Institute.
POSTS ON ROOFLINES
- Feb 1 · Modifying the Modification Program (HAMP)
- Jan 27 · The Risk In The System Starts to Come Home
- Jan 26 · “Top Of The Pecking Order” for Housing Bubble Blowups
- Jan 25 · Massive NYC Real Estate Deal Collapses
- Jan 22 · Honor Thy Mortgage!
- Jan 14 · HUD Announces NSP2 Grants
- Jan 14 · NSP2 Announcement Coming Soon
- Jan 12 · The Shadow (Inventory) Knows
- Dec 12 · A Small Victory for ACORN?
- Dec 11 · Houses Passes Wall Street Reform Bill; $1 Billion for NSP 3
- Nov 19 · Homeowner, Meet Your Lender
- Nov 17 · Stim Tracking: Let’s Get This Part Right
- Nov 17 · “An Antiforeclosure Plan That Works”
- Nov 13 · ACORN Turns Up The Volume
- Nov 6 · The Right To Rent
- Nov 2 · Housing: Code for Social, Economic, and Racial Integration
- Oct 20 · Another Tired Argument Against ACORN
- Oct 13 · Foreclosure Mitigation Plans Need Work and Need Work Now
- Oct 6 · The “Real Threat” of ACORN
- Oct 6 · If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home By Now: A Cautionary TOD Tale
- Oct 4 · IOC’s Rio Pick Could Be Good News for Chicago
- Sep 30 · Rethinking Rentals
- Sep 25 · ACORN and the Media
- Sep 18 · Roasting a Fire Under ACORN
- Sep 10 · NHC-led Task Force Eyes the Future of the Housing Finance System
- Sep 9 · Van Jones: The Green House, Redux
- Aug 26 · Lion of the Senate
- Aug 12 · …At Your Own Risk
- Aug 6 · Right Wing Taking Cues From Saul Alinsky?
- Jul 31 · The Bicycle Mandate
- Jul 15 · A Rental Option for Homeowners?
- Jul 13 · Urban Policy: Just Getting Started
- Jul 6 · Extra! Major Funding Is Provided By…Congress?
- Jul 2 · Compost Bins on the South Lawn
- Jun 29 · Tracking Job Creation in the Nonprofit Sector
- Jun 18 · Tracking the Recession and the Recovery
- Jun 9 · Seriously Commuting
- Jun 8 · HUD Wants $150M For “Geography of Opportunity”
- Jun 4 · Growing The Community Development Vision
- Jun 4 · TARP for Community Development?
- Jun 4 · Social Innovation and Civic Participation
- Jun 4 · Keep It Local
- Jun 2 · A Squatter’s Discourse
- May 22 · Beware the Myth
- May 19 · What Can 35.5 MPG Change?
- May 15 · I Want to Ride My Bicyle. I Want to Ride It Where I Like
- May 4 · Affordable Housing In Urban Centers Not Enough
- Apr 29 · History of the Housing Market
- Apr 23 · Flint: The Un-Sprawl
- Apr 21 · Donovan Touts Administration’s Housing Policies, Though Acknowledges “Daunting Set of Challenges”
- Apr 17 · Rail Time Enthusiasm
- Apr 15 · How Much Bailout Money Did Your Bank Get?
- Apr 13 · Gonzo Realty
- Apr 10 · Banks Sitting on Foreclosed Homes
- Apr 8 · Foreclosure Holiday at Fan & Fred Comes to an End
- Apr 7 · Great Falls And The Silk City
- Apr 2 · Ease Guidelines=Market Rally
- Apr 2 · Modern Community Development for a Modern Crisis
- Mar 31 · A Rail Line Toward Community Development
- Mar 25 · Read All About It…While You Can
- Mar 24 · National Train Day (Trainiacs Unite!)
- Mar 20 · Going Mainstream With the Obama Vegetable Garden
- Mar 18 · Just Because His Sleeves Are Rolled Up, It Doesn’t Mean He Means Business
- Mar 16 · NLIHC Budget Chart Outlines HUD Appropriations
- Mar 13 · Donovan Eyes Change to Mortgage Credit System; Bringing HUD to the Forefront
- Mar 12 · Rep. Frank Promises an “Improved” Subprime Bill
- Mar 10 · NJ’s COAH: Finding Common (and Vacant) Ground
- Mar 9 · ACORN’s Home Defenders
- Mar 6 · Blog-Heavy, Link-Heavy, (and Some) Breaking News
- Mar 6 · New Regulations for Loan Modification and Refinance
- Mar 5 · Finally Touching That Third Rail?
- Mar 5 · Making a Profit on the Shards of a Glass Bubble
- Mar 3 · “Ethical Lenders” Employ a Tried and True Method: Long-term, Fixed-rate Loans
- Feb 26 · Who’s Going to Report the News?
- Feb 25 · Rethinking Home Mortgage Deductions
- Feb 19 · Does Obama’s Plan Go Far Enough?
- Feb 18 · Obama’s Foreclosure Plan: Just the Facts
- Feb 11 · Task Force Calls for $4 Billion in NSP Funding
- Feb 10 · The Financial Stability Plan
- Feb 8 · Latest Simulus Bill Draft
- Feb 6 · NSP Funding Gets “Compromised”
- Feb 5 · The Stimulus Package and Smart Growth
- Feb 3 · Let’s Get Serious Here
- Feb 3 · Vacant Storefronts: They’re Not Just For Ghost Towns Anymore
- Jan 26 · A Sobering Economic Roundup
- Jan 21 · Watching History On The Big Screen
- Jan 17 · All Aboard, America
- Jan 14 · Tough Economy, Slashed Services
- Jan 11 · The Great Detroit Charrette?
- Jan 7 · Yes, Virginia, There Is A City Planner
- Dec 23 · The Felt Factor
- Dec 16 · Remaking HUD
- Dec 11 · Questioning the Bailout
- Nov 29 · Food Banks: Another Crisis Casualty?
- Nov 22 · Talk About Aging In Place…
- Nov 20 · Gloomy Outlook for Nonprofits
- Nov 17 · What We Talk About When We Talk About…Voting Machines
- Nov 11 · The Urban (Policy) President?
- Nov 8 · Bagging the Big Apple
- Oct 30 · DOJ Passes on Ohio
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