The Community Reinvestment Act: Vital for Neighborhoods, the Country, and the Economy
NCRC announces a new publication affirming the benefits of CRA in terms of safe and sound lending to underserved communities. |
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality recently hosted a talk by Matthew Desmond, the author of Evicted, followed by a panel discussion focusing on the policy implications of his research. Desmond's talk will be available online until July 15, and the panel discussion can be found here.
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Ex-Offenders Have a Chance at Housing in NOLA
Katy Reckdahl, journalist
A criminal conviction will no longer automatically disqualify a person from receiving public housing or voucher assistance in New Orleans. Here's how it came about and how it will work . . . More
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Need to Finance a Creative Placemaking Project? There's a Loan for That
Lillian M. Ortiz, Shelterforce
New Jersey communities are teeming with creativity. It's fitting that the Garden State would also be home to what's believed to be the first long-term, affordable loan geared toward creative placemaking projects. This is how it works . . . More
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The Ups (and Downs) of Mixed-Income Transformation in Toronto
Mark L. Joseph, Case Western Reserve University
This past March on Rooflines, Alan Mallach's piece, titled "Canada Is Looking Better and Better (The Regent Park Story)," drew readers' attention to the "remarkable" mixed-income transformation effort taking place north of the U.S. border. He's right that it's remarkable, but Toronto isn't doing everything right . . . More
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In LA, a New Resource to Pull Families Back From the Financial Brink
Bob Annibale, Citi
Financial vulnerability rarely has a single point of origin. In Los Angeles, they are crafting a response that takes that into account . . . More
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The article stirred me up about some things I have mulled over for a while. The push by HUD to relocate minorities (read: people with cultural differences) to "high opportunity neighborhoods" away from their grass roots relations and "elders" who can provide . . . --Bob Jones
Affordable housing IS about "income" and "costs." Shifting the property tax off of privately created building values and onto publicly created land values can accomplish important goals regarding both. A lower tax applied to building values makes buildings cheaper to construct, improve and maintain. Surprisingly . . . --Rick Rybeck
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. . . Good read. I often find gentrification and displacement are conflated, with the former being poorly understood as necessarily including the latter. It's important to define these terms within the individual context of any given discussion. --Chris Brown
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Chris, I agree. The historic meaning of "gentrification" was the displacement of working class residents and their replacement by more affluent "gentry." Today, the opening of certain grocery stores or restaurants is identified with "gentrification" even when this is unrelated to any tenants being forced out of their homes. --Randy Shaw
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Affordable Housing Development
Senior Project Manager
New Destiny connects at-risk, low-income families to safe, permanent housing and services. The Senior Project Manager's responsibilities will include: assisting in site selection, feasibility analysis; negotiating acquisition terms and contracts with team . . . Read Full Listing
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Senior Director, Housing Policy
The Senior Director, Housing Policy operates with a high level of independence under general supervision of the SVP, Public Policy and Legislative Affairs. Proactively identifies and communicates with NW leadership and staff emerging and ongoing policy trends, issues and proposals that could impact . . . Read Full Listing
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Project Manager III
The Project Manager III, under the direction and supervision of RCD's Director of Housing Development, will have primary responsibility for a full range of development activities relating to affordable multifamily housing development projects . . . Read Full Listing
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Community Organizer/Developer
The HANDS Community Organizer will work directly with senior staff, community residents, partnering organizations, businesses, and municipal officials to develop and build relationships, increase participation by stakeholders and . . . Read Full Listing
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Member Communications Specialist
The Specialist will encompass a variety of strategic and tactical activities including being the project manager, writer & editor for all member-focused outreach, including social media accounts, website and email marketing, drafting content and . . . Read Full Listing |
Director of Community Impact
The key responsibility of the DCI is to cultivate a robust, positive community network of partners, citizen leaders, residents and public agencies dedicated to a collaborative approach to improved outcomes for low-income residents of Columbia Pike . . . Read Full Listing |
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