Community Development in Low-Income Negro Areas

Social Work ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 78-89
Author(s):  
Harry Specht
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Low Income

Investing in Gentrification: The Eligibility of Gentrifying Neighborhoods for Federal Place-Based Economic Investment in U.S. Cities

2021 ◽  
pp. 107808742110326
Author(s):  
Noli Brazil ◽  
Amanda Portier
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Tax Credits ◽  
New Markets ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Economic Improvement

Place-based policies commonly target disadvantaged neighborhoods for economic improvement, typically in the form of job opportunities, business development or affordable housing. To ensure that investment is channeled to truly distressed areas, place-based programs narrow the pool of eligible neighborhoods based on a set of socioeconomic criteria. The criteria, however, may not be targeting the places most in need. In this study, we examine the relationship between neighborhood gentrification status and 2018 eligibility for the New Markets Tax Credits, Opportunity Zones, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, and the Community Development Financial Institutions Program. We find that large percentages of gentrifying neighborhoods are eligible for each of the four programs, with many neighborhoods eligible for multiple programs. The Opportunity Zone program stands out, with the probability of eligibility nearly twice as high for gentrifying tracts than not-gentrifying tracts. We also found that the probability of eligibility increases with a greater percentage of adjacent neighborhoods experiencing gentrification.

The power of participatory story mapping: Advancing equitable development in disadvantaged neighbourhoods

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Willow S Lung-Amam ◽  
Casey Dawkins
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Latino Immigrants ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Story Mapping ◽  
Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
Langley Park

Abstract Community developers and planners have long recognized the value of storytelling to engage communities. Yet, in working with disadvantaged communities, they are often challenged to meaningfully engage residents and uncover place values that can help drive community development strategies. In a case study of Langley Park, Maryland, a neighborhood comprised of largely low-income Latino immigrants facing potential displacement from a new transit line, this article investigates the potential of new story mapping techniques and technologies to assist communities in leveraging everyday place meanings and values to advance greater equity in the process of neighborhood redevelopment. It demonstrates how participatory story mapping can empower traditionally marginalized voices and encourage more complex place narratives within community development and planning.

scholarly journals Hygiene Condition of Water Use and Sanitation Facilities at Urban Slums: Analysis of Port City Chittagong, Bangladesh / Wyposażenie Sanitarne W Slamsach Miejskich - Analiza Na Podstawie Miasta Portowego Chittagong, Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-166
Author(s):  
I. B. Muhit ◽  
S. Tasneem Chowdhury ◽  
Nurangir Nahid ◽  
M. F. Zaman
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Safe Drinking Water ◽  
Port City ◽  
Crucial Aspect ◽  
Power Development

Abstract Low income community development is the prerequisite for the overall development of a society. There are different kinds of parameters to widen community development, such as health, economic, social, a living pattern, etc. Sanitation condition is the crucial aspect that is directly or indirectly inter bond with all the parameters. To see the exact reasons behind brutal unhygienic sanitation conditions of water supply and latrine system in a low cost community, the Chittagong City Corporation area has been picked. Relevant data have been collected from field survey, consultancy with inhabitants, Chittagong City Corporation, Power Development Board, and WASA. To know the possible reasons behind the water supply and germ-infested sanitation, state of a low cost community, this paper attempts to shed some light on the tribulations behind the scarcity of safe drinking water, dirt free as well as sustainable latrine and drainage system and offensive water management.

The Healthy Neighborhoods Project: A Local Health Department's Role in Catalyzing Community Development

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galen El-Askari ◽  
Julie Freestone ◽  
Chicky Irizarry ◽  
Karen L. Kraut ◽  
Susan T. Mashiyama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Community Development ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Preventive Health Care ◽  
Health Department ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Housing Complex

Studies show that community development approaches to health education may lead not only to improved social, economic, and health status but also to increased individual participation in health education and preventive health care activities. However, because of categorical funding restraints and philosophical issues, local health departments have rarely given control of defining project outcomes to the community. One such project was in a low-income urban neighborhood in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this Healthy Neighborhoods Project, the health department catalyzed community development and organization in a multiethnic public housing complex. As a result, an empowered community successfully advocated to improve public safety by installing street speed humps and increased street lighting. After project completion, residents initiated several additional health actions, including the removal of a neighborhood tobacco billboard. This article describes the project, which may serve as a model for other urban public health programs to explore their role in community empowerment.

Affirmatively Furthering Community Development

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward G. Goetz
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The Political ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
Policy Alternative ◽  
Political Dynamics ◽  
Communities Of Color ◽  
Counter Argument

This chapter presents a counter-argument to the integration imperative. The chapter offers critiques of the integration argument and presents an argument in favour of affordable housing and community development in low-income communities of color. The chapter articulates how integration falls short in altering the political dynamics and structural inequalities of race. In contrast, community development is presented as a policy alternative that provides benefits to disadvantaged communities (in terms of better housing and jobs, for example) and constitutes a better alternative for addressing more fundamental questions of racial justice.

scholarly journals Personal attitude or experience? Which factors influence residents’ acceptance of mixed-income communities?

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e0250511
Author(s):  
Duc Trung Luu ◽  
Dao Chi Vo ◽  
Jeongseob Kim
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Willingness To Accept ◽  
Sustainable Community Development ◽  
Personal Attitude ◽  
Social Mixing ◽  
Personal Attitudes ◽  
Mixed Income

Although many researchers and policy makers have argued that social mixing could contribute to sustainable communities, most people still prefer to live in a homogeneous rather than a diverse community. Considering the large gap between the political need for social mixing and people’s preference, it is essential to understand residents’ perceptions and preferences regarding socially-mixed neighborhoods in order to promote sustainable community development. This study explorers residents’ willingness to accept living in mixed-income communities in Korea, with attention to various levels of income mix. This study conducted an online survey of 2,000 respondents living in seven metropolitan cities in Korea, including Seoul. The study aimed to investigate residents’ comfortability and willingness to move into different mixed-income communities. The results showed that residents with higher openness to diversity are more likely to accept mixed-income communities, but frequent interaction with low-income people reduces higher-income people’s willingness to accept mixed-income communities. As both personal attitudes and experience are important determinants of individuals’ social mix preference, a more systematic community development strategy is required to achieve successful social mixing.

scholarly journals Understanding Community Development Financial Institutions and their Impact in Low- and Moderate-Income Neighborhoods

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 001-152
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
History Of ◽  
Community Development Financial Institutions ◽  
Community Facilities

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are mission-driven lenders that create economic opportunity for low-income communities and individuals throughout the United States. The history of CDFIs dates back to the 1970s. There are currently over 1,100 operating as banks, credit unions, nonprofit loan funds, and venture capital funds. CDFI financing leads to the creation of jobs, affordable housing, community facilities and more. This issue of the Community Development Innovation Review is a collection of research papers designed to expand our understanding of CDFIs and their impacts in vulnerable communities across the country.

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