Technology & Design
Calling for a Triple Bottom Line Design Metric
A fledgling program trains designers to consider the ecological, economic, and social issues shaping the built environment.
Tag: Housing
Urban Development
Housing the Homeless
Common Ground helps reduce the number of people sleeping on New York City streets by opening residential buildings for the homeless and impaired.
Philanthropy
Local Resources for Local Needs
A look at Silicon Valley’s surprising disconnect and opportunities that all local funders should consider.
Philanthropy
High Stakes Donor Collaborations
Pioneering groups of foundations and philanthropists have pooled their talent and resources to help solve social sector problems too big for any one to tackle alone.
Urban Development
Habitat Builds Out Its Vision
In the aftermath of the US housing crisis, Habitat for Humanity is working to build not just affordable homes, but affordable communities.
Urban Development
Collaborative Design Tackles Homelessness
A group designing innovative support systems in Portland, Ore., is identifying better ways of living for the homeless and for communities at large.
Economic Development
Community Development: Reflecting on What Works
The community development sector's traditional tools and relationships are outdated and insufficient to address current problems.
Socially Responsible Business
Banking on Low-Income Families
The Center for Community Self-Help provides financial services to those who can’t afford to live without them.
Urban Development
Wanted: New Frameworks for Urban Housing
As global base of the pyramid urban evictions intensify, we need good quality, affordable housing that creates attractive profit opportunities.
