Colonias Organize
By Miriam Axel-Lute
Community-based organizations in the colonias provide a range of services, from political organizing to self-help housing development. All tap into the energy and resources of the people in the colonias.
The House that Greed Built, By Allen R. Myerson (Available in hard copy only.)
The situation for people trying to live in the border colonias is rife with injustices.
A Million Families at Risk
Helen Dunlap of HUD and Michael Bodaken of the National Housing Trust debate HUD's Mark to Market proposal. Will it help preserve the homes of over one million low-income families or will it create massive displacement?
Quality vs. Quantity- Part II
By Robert Santucci
Common-sense construction and rehabilitation, not overdesign and extravagant materials, are the keys to housing the nation's poor, contends consultant Robert Santucci. Can his solutions work for you? (Part I appeared in the May/June issue of Shelterforce.)
William C. Apgar Interview
By Chester Hartman
Upon the release of the annual Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies' report, State of the Nation's Housing, co-author Bill Apgar discusses the report and its implications.
