American philanthropy has historically sought to address the nation's housing crisis,
especially among the poor. This article compares private philanthropy's response to the …

President Lyndon Johnson declared the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to be
“the most farsighted, the most comprehensive, the most massive housing program in all …

Shortly after his election, Ronald Reagan convened a Presidential Commission to lay the
groundwork for cutbacks in federal spending on housing production programs, ushering in …

known this fact. Thousands of donors across American towns and cities have long known
this fact. Many more thousands of donees-individuals and institutions working to improve …

Putting Faith in Partnerships addresses a major conceptual change in American domestic
policy, begun by Reagan and now fully realized by the Bush administration: the shift of …

Nonprofit organizations have been the sponsors, developers, and operators of housing,
especially for lower income people, for many years. Often their housing activities have been …

The revitalization of chronically disadvantaged communities has proven a challenging area
of philanthropic investment. When national foundations have attempted multisite …

This analysis looks at how foundations and community organizations jointly formulated
antipoverty agendas within the context of a collaboration forged in Chicago between these …

Peter Dreier is EP Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, and Director of the Urban &
Environmental Policy Program, at Occidental College in Los Angeles. His most recent book …

In response to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the federal government, city and county officials,
commercial banks and community leaders established the nonprofit Los Angeles …