Working things out with your artist partners

In This Issue: From Vacant Land To Community Assets ● Will Amazon HQ2 Threaten Fair Housing? ● Vermont's SASH Program Helps Seniors ● Working Things Out With Your Artist Partners ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Industry News +

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 In This Issue: Transforming Vacant Land Into Community Assets ● Will Amazon’s HQ2 Threaten Fair Housing? ● Vermont’s SASH Program Keeps Seniors in their Homes ● Working Things Out With Your Artist Partners ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Industry News + Working Things Out With Your Artist Partners Erik W. Martínez Resly, The Sanctuaries, and Adam Kent, LISC There are similarities between the work of community developers and artists in theory, but their collaboration can highlight fundamental differences in process. Here are three insights from two groups’ work together that illustrate the growing pains of such collaboration and how to handle them. Read Full Article Shelter Shorts—the Week in Community Development Shelterforce Staff Shockwaves From the Government Shutdown | Backlash Over NJ Democrat Power Grab | Alternative Credit Scoring Models | A HUD Public Housing Publicity Stunt? | Cashless Establishments Are Unfair | And More Quick Takes From Our Editors Transforming Vacant Land Into Community Assets Andrew Butcher, Portland Land Bank Vacant land activities can be low cost and high impact; the price of failure is not steep, but the return on investment can be high. Here's why. Read Full Article Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... Vermont’s SASH Program Keeps Seniors in Their Homes Amanda Abrams, Shelterforce health fellow At least in urban areas, a Vermont program that connects elderly residents with community-based services has achieved the holy grail: saving public health care dollars. Read Full Article Will Amazon’s HQ2 Threaten Fair Housing? Lisa Rice, National Fair Housing Alliance Global companies like Amazon have a responsibility to ensure their actions don’t destabilize communities, promote residential segregation, or exacerbate barriers to fair housing. Read Full Article Industry News Lisa Hamilton Named Next President & CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) | Hamilton joined AECF in 2011 and led the creation of the foundation’s first Race for Results report in 2014, which measured how children from different racial and ethnic backgrounds were faring on key milestones. She succeeds Patrick McCarthy, who retired after 25 years at the foundation. Ridgway H. White Is the New CEO of the Mott Foundation | Ridgway began his career at the foundation as an intern in 2002 and became president in 2015 as the Flint water crisis was unfolding. Upon learning of the increase in blood lead levels in Flint’s children after the city’s water source had been switched, Ridgway committed $4 million of foundation funds to close a budget shortfall that had prevented policymakers from bringing safe drinking water back to the community. Ridgway succeeds William S. White. Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! You Said It! On Section 8 Voucher Holder Denied Housing This is the checklist provided to landlords by HUD, for participation in the HCV program. If you’re a landlord, and unwilling to comply with even these basic standards, perhaps you should rethink your career choice… —Carol Ott, more On Hey YIMBYs, Thanks for Listening Your point about the desirability of changing zoning regulations to encourage fewer single family homes is a good one. Another good idea is… Marc Brenman, more It is good that, finally, the “sensitive communities” conversation is starting. But this move toward giving people self-determination over shaping the future of their communities also has got to be real and substantive rather than… —Peter Cohen, more This is a really important addition to the ongoing debate about growth and displacement. I appreciate the concept of… Bob Van Meter, more Help support Shelterforce, the original voice of community development! Subscribe to Shelterforce in print! Jobs External Relations Manager • The Center for NYC Neighborhoods seeks an individual who is driven to work for a mission-oriented organization and has the skills to expand our fundraising and income generation through the strategic use of impact storytelling, events, and other cultivation strategies. This is an exempt position that reports to… Read Full Listing Acquisitions Associate ● CDT forms joint ventures with experienced affordable housing operators to acquire and preserve existing income- and rent-restricted properties. The primary responsibility for the Acquisitions Associate will be to quickly analyze and underwrite potential investment opportunities and manage the evaluation and, in some cases, rehabilitation of existing… Read Full Listing Manager, Community Reinvestment Act—Federal Reserve Board of Governors ● The successful candidate will manage the division’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) team responsible for developing thoughtful CRA policy proposals for Board senior leadership and policy makers. Utilizing ideas that are informed by research/data and consultation with internal and… Read Full Listing Click here to post a job! More Jobs Executive Director ● South Florida Community Development Coalition Director of Real Estate Development ● Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation Editor, Miriam Axel-Lute Managing Editor, Lillian M. Ortiz Senior Editor/Development Manager, Keli A. Tianga Assistant Editor, Elizabeth Oguss Publisher, Harold Simon Assistant Publisher, Terri L. 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