Target: Problem Properties By Amanda Ableidinger
A CDC in New Jersey tackles the abandoned buildings that can spoil the whole block.

Affordable Forever By Winton Pitcoff
Communities across the country are using land trusts to secure affordable housing and address gentrification, environmental issues, and sprawl.

So You Want to Be a Developer... By Bob Brehm
A small community organization that decides to go into housing development faces a host of challenges. Here’s how one Chicago group is taking it one day – and one building – at a time.

Accompanying this article:
Before You Begin: Ten things to consider
Going the Other Way: Some development groups add organizing

Relying on Ourselves By Nelda K. Pearson
The spirit of rural community development depends on indigenous control, storytelling, and local leadership.