Membership
ACD relies heavily on revenue generated from its annual membership dues in order to cover crucial costs such as its annual conference, maintenance of this website, and development of other resources. Membership in the ACD demonstrates an individual or organization’s commitment to community design.
New this year ACD is excited to announce an additional membership benefit: a subscription to Shelterforce magazine
Shelterforce is the nation's oldest continually-published housing and community development magazine. For three decades, Shelterforce has been a primary forum for organizers, activists and advocates in the affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization movements.
Shelterforce is published by the National Housing Institute, an independent nonprofit organization that examines the issues causing the crisis in housing and community in America. These issues include poverty and racism, disinvestment and lack of employment, safety, education and breakdown of the social fabric. NHI examines how these and other factors affect people as they try to build safe and viable neighborhoods. NHI has performed original research on such topics as saving subsidized housing, homelessness prevention, abandoned property revitalization and creating jobs as a component of affordable housing construction.
Beyond the network of colleagues afforded by the ACD, benefits of membership include:
- A subscription to Shelterforce magazine;
- Discounts on ACD’s national conference and other event fees;
- Information about upcoming ACD gatherings;
- Updates on community design victories, resources for community designers, and best practices in the field;
- Ability to serve on the ACD board of directors and working committees; and
- Voting privileges at annual business meetings.
