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Lifting a Powerful Policy Lever for Housing Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

That could happen when the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) finalizes the long-awaited Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule (AFFH), which was published in February in the Federal Register for a period of public comment—but only if we seize the moment. Change the narrative.

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Community Development Must Center Power Building: A San Francisco Story

NonProfit Quarterly

Despite the fierce organizing efforts and community solidarity, residents were forcibly evicted in 1977 and the building was demolished in 1979. Although the campaign was lost, the I-Hotel struggle was a foundational political moment for Asian Americans in the United States.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

3 In this book, I explored what happens to host communities when wealthy nonprofit organizations control exorbitant amounts of land in our cities and towns. Colleges, universities, and their medical centers are registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organizations.