Housing Quality Is Key to Mental Health

In This Issue: The Fight for Stronger Rent Regulation in New York Is Beginning● Tracing the Roots of CDFIs: A review of Democratizing Finance ● Housing Quality Is Key to Mental Health ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events +

Tuesday, February 12th, 2019 In This Issue: The Fight for Stronger Rent Regulation in New York Is Beginning● Tracing the Roots of CDFIs: A review of Democratizing Finance ● Housing Quality Is Key to Mental Health ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events + The Fight for Stronger Rent Regulation in New York Is Beginning Oksana Mironova, Writer and Researcher Over the past 25 years, legislative decisions by New York City and state have weakened rent regulation, opening the door to increased tenant harassment and allowing for sudden and permanent rent hikes. In 2019, legislators have the opportunity to return some power back to tenants. Read Full Article Tracing the Roots of CDFIs: A review of Democratizing Finance Reviewed by Robert O. Zdenek, Public Health Institute Cliff Rosenthal provides a thorough and nuanced history of the CDFI field and traces the antecedents of the community development finance back to the three F’s: Franklin, Freedmen’s, Filene. Read Full Article Shelter Shorts—the Week in Community Development Shelterforce Staff The Role of Cultural Influencers | The Effect of Upzoning on Housing Prices in Chicago | Microcredit Doesn’t Necessarily do a Great Job | Hurricane Maria’s Toll on Mental Health | Showing Love to Vacant Lot And More Quick Takes From Our Editors Housing Quality Is Key to Mental Health Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce We know housing quality affects physical health, but new studies are showing that it affects mental health as well.  Read Full Article Events Thursday, Feb 14, 2 p.m EST | Who Controls the Capital? | In the fourth webinar in NPQ’s series, Remaking the Economy, experts will discuss the strengths and challenges inherent in pursuing various practical community finance strategies, including community development loan funds, community development credit unions, and place-based philanthropic investing. Learn more and register here. Resources The National Low Income Housing Coalition released Opportunities to End Homelessness and Housing Poverty in the 116th Congress, a memo to incoming senators and representatives on concrete steps they can take to help address one of the most critical issues facing extremely low-income families today: the lack of decent, accessible, and affordable housing. Click here to download a copy. Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... You Said It! On Public Land Should be Used for Public Good Marc Brennan: Another self-inflicted wound, by not permitting housing to be built. When the demand for housing exceeds the supply... Read More Jeff Levin: No one stopped housing from being built. The question is who we are building housing for – affluent new residents or existing residents who already are rent burdened and living in substandard and overcrowded conditions. The outcome at East 12th was more units in total, with... Read More Chuck Morse: It’s important to understand that this battle is not over and this is not a success story. The City of Oakland continues to try to sell off the property (to the developer of a charter school) in an opaque, non-transparent way… Read More Trying to Remain Hopeful: Just as an update. In December, the Oakland City Council did pass a resolution to direct staff in the writing of a public land ordinance and that resolution was a compilation of the work of the City Wide Anti-displacement Network (CWN), and negotiations with City Councilpersons. There were some amendments made to … Read More Chuck Morse: I can definitely see the value of City ordinances that require a more open and democratic process. I get that, but, at the same time, I think it will be necessary to create an enduring counter-power that can consistently push the City in a more radical direction. While ad-hoc coalitions can… Read More On Develop the Economy, Don’t Just Grow It Pris Alvarado: I loved this article. It was written in 1999, but politicians have still used the term “sustained economic growth” untill now. If is written in one of the Sustainable Development Objectives and this makes me feel really concerned. The concept of... Read More Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! In Case You Missed It Joining Loans and Policy Grants to Get More Affordable Housing in the Bay Area Who Will Benefit from Opportunity Zones? CDFIs Stepped Up During the Shutdown Public Land Should Be Used for Public Good Help support Shelterforce, the original voice of community development! Subscribe to Shelterforce in print! Jobs Director of Modernization and Development ● The PHA has an immediate opening for a highly motivated individual to lead the PHA’s Modernization & Development Department. This individual must possess a proven track record of prior Development/Modernization experience with development of affordable housing LIHTE, HUD and other Public/Private funding. 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This position reports to the Housing and Community Development Principal Planner and...Read Full Listing Senior Project Manager ● TNDC seeks a Senior Project Manager to perform a wide variety of tasks related to planning and developing affordable housing for Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC). The Senior Project Manager coordinates and implements all activities relating to project development from ... Read Full Listing Racial Equity & Inclusion Program Manager ● NPH is looking for an experienced individual dedicated to racial equity to move our work and programs forward in support of improving internal and member/sector-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Racial Equity & Inclusion Program Manager is responsible for developing, growing and ... Read Full Listing Policy Director ● NPH seeks a dynamic, innovative, collaborative, and team-oriented Policy Director to provide strategy, leadership and expertise in the Bay Area and statewide on affordable housing policy. The position provides key staff support to the organization in the areas of public policy development, strategic planning, legislative and…Read Full Listing Multifamily Housing Lender ● Seattle's Office of Housing works to build strong, healthy communities and increase opportunities for people of all income levels to live in our city. We are looking for a Multifamily Housing Lender to help the City decide which projects should or should not be funded. You will review and evaluate multifamily and bridge loan applications for policy and…Read Full Listing Click here to post a job! 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