Could We Radically Redesign Homelessness Services Around Outcomes?
Why the current system is broken and what local governments, nonprofits, and philanthropists could do to change it.
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Resisting Oil and Gas, For Health’s Sake
As regulatory rollbacks invite polluters to poison air, soil, and water, funders and advocates can respond by rallying around community-led solutions that prioritize health over corporate gain.
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When Houses Are Not Homes
Peter Apps' Homesick argues that beneath the housing crisis of rents and shortages is a deeper history of community-unbuilding.
Preserving America’s Full History
Latinos in Heritage Conservation has grown from a grassroots volunteer-led network into the nation's foremost Latinx historic preservation nonprofit.
Planning Equitable Cities
Smart Growth America's new Center for Zoning Solutions offers a headquarters for the zoning reform movement.
An Abundance of Capacity
Optimizing for outcomes will require building out a range of local public and private institutions.
A Newsroom That Listens
Documented, an immigrant-facing nonprofit newsroom, shares the creative and innovative ways they've gone about reaching underserved communities.
Sentinel Cities for Public Health
How to build a proven model into a global network for lead poisoning prevention
Seeking Rentals While Latino
Low-income white families in Los Angeles have easier time finding new rental housing than low-income Latino families because of access to greater resources and social networks.
Learning From Setbacks in Collaborations
Cross-sector collaboration can help cities tackle complex social and economic problems, but results are mixed. New research suggests that how a collaboration responds to setbacks plays a crucial role in its success. Rather than seeking the “perfect” governance model, collaborators should adopt five key actions enabling progress.