Edward G. Goetz, Director of CURA and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Minnesota

How can we use housing policy to achieve greater racial and regional equity in American cities? Professor Ed Goetz discusses his new book, "The One-Way Street of Integration" and contrasts two housing policy approaches, integration initiatives and community development, and their prospects for achieving racial justice. He maintains that fair housing advocates have adopted a spatial strategy of advocacy that has increasingly brought fair housing concerns into conflict with community development efforts. Goetz argues that integration efforts focus on the spatial…

This spring, CURA’s Community Viz staff and designers worked with creators of the Equitable Development Scorecard to turn the Word doc into a graphic pdf that can be printed, filled in, and customized.

The Scorecard was created by Twin Cities community leaders to make sure that the principles and practices of equitable development, environmental justice, and affordability are available to all communities as they plan for…

What Repairs Are Required in My Apartment is a visual guide created as a collaborative effort between the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA), Minneapolis neighborhoods, and housing organizations who support tenant organizing.

Read more about What Repairs are Required in My Apartment and the story of how the guide came together at the Minneapolis Renters Coalition blog.

Community members are invited to participate in an upcoming “Cafe Con Alondra” forum about renter…