Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2024

We need to reimagine our laws, regulations, customs, and institutions. What if we had a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that took its mandate to ensure human flourishing rather than real estate profit? We need to be much more aspirational and long-term in our thinking. It won’t be easy.

Public and Social Policy 95

Public and Social Policy Governance Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 95

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Natives of the city have gone through false promises of positive urban development 4 —development that instead, in most cases, came at an unbearable cost. 48 With a third of the city’s general fund going to law enforcement rather than housing, it becomes clear where the city’s priorities lie.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 107

Nonprofit Administration and Development Non-Profits Environmental Urban development 107

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Instead, contemporary manufactured homes are regulated under a strict code from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). When it comes to evictions, “residents have few protections under a patchwork of state laws.” And the average construction cost of a manufactured home is just $90,000.

Manufacturing 53

Manufacturing Construction Urban development Poverty 53

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Chinese American attorney Ed Lee (who later served as mayor from 2011 until his untimely death while in office in 2017), with the Asian Law Caucus, supported PYRIA leaders, like Chang Jok Lee, to organize the city’s largest sustained public housing rent strike in response to unsafe conditions that contributed to the murder of one of its residents.

Community Development 114

Community Development Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership 114

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

Given my work, it specifically focuses on university-driven urban development. The notion of “smart” has often focused on technological innovations and sustainable design, and I asked: What about the people—the diverse and marginalized communities that struggle to maintain sustainable lives in changing urban locales?

Education 86

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 86