• Weathering the Storm In Ohio, housing advocates are seeking legal strategies to keep homeowners afloat. (Summer 2007, #150)
• Too Much of a Good Thing? Housing First has succeeded in helping to house chronically homeless individuals,
  but has it left increasing numbers of families and children out in the cold? (Spring 2007, #149)
• Housing for All Simple and low-cost design changes can make homes attractive to everyone and accessible to the disabled and elderly. (Winter 2006, #148)
• Making Tax Credits Work for the Disabled Changing the subsidy formula allowed one state housing agency to help create hundreds of units for low-income disabled households. (Winter 2006, #148)
• Homeownership Rescue Nonprofit organizations are offering foreclosure prevention programs to assist people when their mortgages have become unmanageable. (Fall 2006, #147)
• Tearing Down the Community In spite of millions of dollars spent and the good intentions of many, the promise of a better life for the displaced residents of Chicago’s notorious public housing has not yet been met. What will it take for Chicago’s HOPE VI project, the nation’s largest, to find success? (Nov/Dec 2004, #138)
• The Housing That Community Built Refusing to go through the trauma of displacement, public housing residents in Pittsburgh’s Hill District put meaning into the term “resident driven.” (Nov/Dec 2004, #138)
• Be It Ever So Humble What outsiders saw as blight, many residents of the Hill District saw as a living, breathing community. The old buildings, alleyways and narrow streets held an intangible wealth that cannot be replaced. (Nov/Dec 2004, #138)
• Building A Home and A Future A Minnesota housing organization provides a supportive environment for women to learn the skills of the lucrative construction trades -- and to build their awareness of the social and political issues that affect their lives. ALSO Home Girls in the House Women from the Minnesota organization who recruit young teen women for non-traditional jobs. (Nov/Dec 2003, #132)
• New Beginnings A review of the programs and resources that may help people with disabilities build assets and pursue their dream of independence and homeownership. (Nov/Dec 2003, #132)
• From the Social Welfare State to the Social Investment State Will using asset-building strategies to fight poverty shape 21st century social policy? AND Work, Wages and Income Still Matter Income supports and other wage-based strategies serve to unify the poor and the working class in a way that asset-based strategies cannot. (Mar/Apr 2003, #128)
• Building Wealth An overview of successful strategies that community organizations have used to help working families increase their assets. (Jan/Feb 2003, #127)
• Almost Home With few family networks, teenagers rely on innovative programs to help them make the transition from foster care to independent living, and avoid the streets. (Sep/Oct 2002, #125)
• Learning the Ropes Financial literacy is an often overlooked piece of economic independence for low-income people. Some community-based institutions are partnering with banks to fill that gap. (Jul/Aug 2000, #112)
• Rekindling Hope It takes more than a down payment to buy a home. From getting a clean credit record to handling emergency plumbing repairs, homeownership counseling prepares first-time homebuyers to succeed. (Jul/Aug 2000, #112)
• Building Assets to Fight Poverty Individual Development Accounts, Children’s Savings, and homeownership are three ways to use asset development to bring people out of poverty. How effective are these programs and where do they fit into a national, anti-poverty agenda?(Mar/Apr 2000, #110)
• Community Entrepreneurship While the spread of nonprofit entrepreneurship training programs for low-income Americans is a hopeful sign, to truly turn around low-income communities these programs must also teach the value of local ownership and socially useful goods and services. (Sep/Oct 1999, #107)
• Urban Horizons The Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation experiments with microenterprise development for some and promotes economic independence for all. (Sep/Oct 1999, #107)
• Business Consultants for Everyone Review of Ripples from the Zambezi: Passion, Entrepreneurship, and the Rebirth of Local Economies (Sep/Oct 1999, #107)
• Rewarding Savings Individual Development Accounts are becoming an important tool to help low-income people acquire assets and redefine anti-poverty programs. (Jul/Aug 1999, #106)
• Developing Workers Community-based job training programs help workers develop the hard and soft skills needed to find gainful employment. (Nov/Dec 1998, #102)
• Youthbuild This nationwide program links youth development and community development to transform lives. (Nov/Dec 1998, #102)
• Individual Development Accounts IDAs offer opportunities for low-income people to build assets for homeownership, education, and small business creation. (Sep/Oct 1997, #89)

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