Webinar | How to Design Your Resale Formula! | Thursday, May 12, 2-3 p.m. EDT
Grounded Solutions Network presents this webinar, showing you how to design a resale formula that works and how to evaluate its success. Participants will also review HomeKeeper Hub's industry-wide Social Impact Report for understanding performance as a whole in the field. Q&A to follow.
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Webinar | Responding to Gentrification and Displacement in Urban Communities | Thursday, May 12, 3-4 p.m. EDT
In low- and moderate-income urban neighborhoods, gentrification and displacement are growing concerns. In this Connecting Communities webinar, sponsored by the Federal Reserve System, participants will hear about emerging research on gentrification, and presenters will discuss how they have promoted the use of equitable and inclusive development policies and practices.
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The New Issue of Shelterforce Is Here!
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 Spring 2016: Mixed Income
Editor's Note: Mixing It Up
Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce
For decades now, "mixed income" has been a watchword throughout the affordable housing and community development worlds. Compared to the worst examples of urban design that have physically isolated low-income families, mixed-income housing seems like an intuitively healthier, more equitable way to go about designing neighborhoods. But what specifically is the goal of mixed-income housing? More
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 4 Ways to Make Mixed-Income Communities Real Communities
Bill Traynor and Frankie Blackburn, Trusted Space Partners
The fortunes of the public housing residents, the market-rate residents, the owner-manager agents, and the service providers really are intertwined when it comes to the relative success of their 'transformed' community. But what will they need to do to make that happen? . . . More
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 The Burden of Compliance
Diana Yazzie Devine, Native American Connections
Imagine having to ask a newly remarried mother of three about the status of her court-ordered child support from her previous marriage. On a path to forming her new life, she must disclose sensitive information as she learns that her child support order might still count as income, even if she's never received it. Months of bank statements are required as well as . . . More
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Putting the Impact in Impact Investing
Bill Bynum, HOPE Credit Union
Here are three important ways to rethink impact investing, especially in persistently poor, rural communities . . . More
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Shelterforce Magazine is an essential source for me to keep up with trends and resources to advocate for affordable housing. I look forward to each print issue and read it from cover to cover, which I cannot say about any other publication I receive! The topics are very timely and I always find useful policy ideas, talking points and improved understanding of current issues in the field. Keep up the good work! --Marty Collier, housing coordinator, Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, Inc.
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On Is a Meritocracy Really What We Want?
Excellent article . . . I am becoming a believer that income supplementation is the answer, providing low-income individuals with some options for their lives . . . --Paul Dribin
By the end of the article it seems to me that you are advocating for more population-based solutions to overall wellness, which is great from a modern public health stand point. I just don't know why you had to trash Hillary and the Democratic party to make your point. As you point out, this approach has been around a long time and . . . --Danelle Riley
. . . The value of marginal solutions in a neoliberal environment is that they create the illusion of solution at far less cost than a real fix. --Tim Mungavan
. . . Is there a difference between socioeconomic "attainment" and "mobility" that isn't simply rhetorical? . . . Grassroots community and economic development strategies will always be crucial . . . but they can never take the place and match the scale of . . . --Charles Bergman
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Sawmill Community Land Trust
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LIHTC Real Estate Asset Manager
The Asset Manager is responsible for the long-term viability of properties owned and operated by DHIC and its affiliates. This individual reports to the CFO and works directly with the DHIC Management team to determine . . . Read Full Listing
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Executive Director
Responsible for overall management and operations of this membership based, non-profit organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Executive Director is responsible for the implementation of policies set by the Board as well as annual goals . . . Read Full Listing
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Housing Policy Research Manager/Director
This role presents an opportunity to be a thought leader -- working alongside our Chief Executive Officer -- to develop and communicate research demonstrating the critical importance of housing affordability in California . . . Read Full Listing
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Marketing and Support Specialist
HomeKeeper Program
Responsible for growing the Salesforce/ HomeKeeper membership community and helping nonprofits and local governments become successful users. Leads all activities related to marketing, sales, onboarding and orientation. S/he coordinates internal and . . . Read Full Listing
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Housing Counselor
This position will provide direct client outreach, financial fitness, and credit based one-on-one education and training with a broad range of clients. Community outreach, attendance at community events, presentations, relationship building with other agencies . . . Read Full Listing
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