By Mike LaFontaine
The latest news reports have the housing market rebounding. But that depends on which “market” you’re talking about.
For low-income renters across New England, very little has changed. Finding safe, decent housing that’s
By Steve Varnum
Ever since there was an Internet I've had a wish. I'm still hoping it'll come true. I've wished for an online game that demonstrates how much it costs, every day, with every dollar spent, to be poor.
The thought goes back, back, back
By Rick Minard
A critical source of cash to help low-income households weatherize their homes will be lost if the New Hampshire Legislature continues to hobble or kill RGGI, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
By Mike LaFontaine
Most social and economic problems are so complex that it is impossible to name any one factor as the “cause,” so analyzing them is usually best done through a wide lens.
By Mike LaFontaine
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco recently published an analysis, Addressing Widening Income Inequality through Community Development.
By Mike LaFontaine
Sometimes other people do as good a job of getting to the heart of what the Community Loan Fund does as we can.
That was the case with a recent blog post by Arnie Alpert, the American Friends Service Committee's New Hampshire
By Mike LaFontaine
If you’ve noticed the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund’s public policy work, you may wonder why we have been so outspoken in our opposition to so-called “payday loans.” After all, the Community Loan Fund doesn’t make personal
By Mike LaFontaine
If you like stories with tidy endings, affordable housing advocacy isn’t for you.
There are two things you can count on in this business: few permanent victories and the need to keep telling your story year after year because even
By Mike LaFontaine
The Washington Post recently published an investigative report of the federal HOME program, which for years has been a key component of the federal funding used to develop affordable rental housing in New Hampshire.
By Mike LaFontaine
Care to test your knowledge of what it’s like to be really poor? I dare you.
The Coalition on Human Needs and two other national organizations have created a test to measure just how much (or little) ordinary people really
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