What's Blocking Homeownership in Indian Country?

In This Issue: Connected Neighborhoods ● Increasing Access to Affordable Housing in Indian Country ● How to Fund Land Banks ● Also: Jobs ● Events ● In Case You Missed It +

Week of November 25 In This Issue: How to Fund Land Banks ● Increasing Access to Affordable Housing in Indian Country ● Connected Neighborhoods ● Also: Jobs ● Events ● In Case You Missed It + Connected Neighborhoods Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce Transportation is directly bound up with the work of community developers, who are trying to further healthy communities and opportunities for people who have been marginalized. It also affects . . . Read Editor's Note What’s Blocking Homeownership in Indian Country? Patrice Kunesh, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Incomes are rising in much of Indian Country, and many people are looking to own their own homes. But a set of obstacles specific to Native lands is getting in the way. What should be done? Read Full Article From the Shelterforce archive: How to Fund Land Banks Tarik Abdelazim, Center for Community Progress The number of land banks grew dramatically in the wake of the foreclosure crisis. So has our understanding of how to successfully fund them. Read Full Article Events Thursday, Dec. 19, 2 p.m. ET (Previously Nov. 21st) | Effective Anchor-Community Engagement Strategies: Community Perspectives | Join Emerald Cities Collaborative for this webinar that discusses issues such as: how to define community, the types of community participation, building anchor-community tables, and strategies to address structural underpinnings of community health, community wealth and climate resilience. Register here. We only list free events and resources of national interest. To learn about advertising, click here. You Said It On “Dear Business School Professors: You’re Wrong, Rent Control Works” Chris Gilbert: You made a good point about the benefits of rent control by citing, “We find that rent control increased the probability a renter stayed at their address by close to 20 percent.” I also understand what you said about . . . Read More On “The Opposite of Deficit-Based Language Isn’t Asset-Based Language. It’s Truth-Telling.” Katie Coleman: Thank you for so thoughtfully covering this topic and really “getting” what we were trying to communicate. Via E-mail Jennifer Oldham: Thank you to @Shelterforce for accurately capturing our words. Via Twitter Bob Hearn: This is a valuable article which calls attention to several aspects of the difficulties of how we talk about the people we live with, work with, and work to help. This is a problem which . . . Read More Trabian Shorters: Asset-framing is specifically defining people by their aspirations and contributions before noting their challenges so that it is much easier to see the truth, that their condition is by design not by deficits of character. Asset-Framing is actually necessary for truth-telling . . . Read More On “Criticisms About Community Preference Policies Are Misguided” Chris Schildt: Excellent, succinct explanation of the importance of preference policies. Preference policies will not stop or prevent displacement, but are an important piece of an overall strategy. Read More Vince Wang: Thanks Ed for responding to the critics of community preference policies. One critic that you did not mention in the article is . . . Read More Edward Goetz: Vince, I think my entire post is an answer to that particular critique. You ask, in essence, whether the pursuit of displacement mitigation compromises a different policy objective, which . . . Read More On “Small Numbers, Great Expectations: A Case for Rural Investment” Peter Stein: Thanks for the great article, Suzanne. Read More On “Whose Affordable Housing Crisis?” Richard Goodman: To hell with the percentages and the analytics. Rents are too high. And not enough really affordable housing. Enough with the studying already. Please build lots and lots of really affordable housing. Read More Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! In Case You Missed It The Opposite of Deficit-Based Language Isn’t Asset-Based Language. It’s Truth-Telling. Criticisms About Community Preference Policies Are Misguided Are Limited Equity Co-ops Making a Comeback? Why Don’t People Who are Getting Rental Assistance Get a Job? Smaller Cities Are Laboratories for Change Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... Donate Now and Make Every $1 = $2 From now until December 31 every dollar you donate to Shelterforce will be doubled by NewsMatch* up to $1,000!! And if you make recurring donations, the whole year of your donations will be matched, up to $1,000.  Double the Value of Your Donation Today! *NewsMatch is a national matching-gift campaign to grow fundraising capacity in nonprofit newsrooms and promote giving to journalism among U.S. donors. It’s supported through an open collaborative fund at The Miami Foundation. Funders include the Democracy Fund, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation and others. Jobs Executive Director, Affordable Housing, Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development, Wisconsin ● Reporting to the Board of Directors and managing a team of three, the Executive Director is responsible for ensuring that the real estate development activities and other WPHD programs advance WPHD’s mission, vision, policy and strategic . . . Read Full Listing Program Vice President, Southern Region, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Washington, D.C. ● The Program Vice President will oversee market analyses and craft an implementation plan for the launch of new LISC offices, recruit and manage a staff to carry out LISC’s strategy and operate its programs, recruit . . . Read Full Listing Director of Advocacy and Communications, Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development (CNHED), Washington, D.C. ● The Director of Advocacy and Communications will work under the direction of the President & CEO to drive CNHED’s advocacy and communications strategies, promoting the work of the organization, its members, and the broader community development field in the District . . . Read Full Listing Vice President for Development, Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development (CNHED), Washington, D.C. ● The Vice President for Development will work under the supervision of the President/CEO to develop and implement a strategic fundraising plan, expand CNHED’s philanthropic and government funding sources, and strengthen the . . . Read Full Listing Click here to post a job! More Jobs Director of Finance and Operations, Minneapolis, MN ● Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers Deputy Director, Charlottesville, VA ● Piedmont Housing Alliance Executive Director, Raleigh, NC ● Partnership To End Homelessness Asset Manager, Boston, MA ● Planning Office for Urban Affairs Program Director, Healthy & Lead-Safe Homes, Montpelier, VT ● Vermont Housing & Conservation Board Chief Financial Officer, Raleigh, NC ● CASA North Carolina Editor, Miriam Axel-Lute Managing Editor, Lillian M. Ortiz Senior Editor, Keli A. 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