How Should CRA Be Reformed?

In This Issue: Incremental Change is the Best Path for CRA Reform ● Racial Disparities in Land Ownership Started Long Before Redlining ● Also: Jobs ● Industry News ● Events ● In Case You Missed It +

Week of December 2 In This Issue: Incremental Change is the Best Path for CRA Reform ● What Do Housing Groups Think About Dems’ Affordable Housing Plans? ● Blame Zoning, Not Public Transportation, for Displacement ● Racial Disparities in Land Ownership Started Long Before Redlining ● Also: Jobs ● Industry News ● Events ● In Case You Missed It + Blame Zoning, Not Public Transportation, for Displacement Beth Osborne, Transportation for America Affordable housing around new transit stops isn’t enough, and here’s why. Read Full Article What Do Housing Groups Think About Dems’ Affordable Housing Plans? James Tracy, Writer Several Democratic frontrunners have proposed serious housing legislation, but will the plans actually address the crisis? Read Full Article Incremental Change Is the Best Path for CRA Reform Josh B. Silver, National Community Reinvestment Coalition Transformational reform of the Community Reinvestment Act could do more harm than good. Read Full Article From the Shelterforce archive: Racial Disparities in Land Ownership Started Long Before Redlining Lisa Rice, National Fair Housing Alliance The racial wealth gap is probably best illustrated in the way our country has, and has not, provided access to the single most important determinant of wealth for the majority of people in the United States—home and land ownership. It started with . . . Read Full Article Industry News John Cannon, former senior vice president at Freddie Mac, is joining The Community Preservation Corporation as president of CPC Mortgage Company LLC, the company's agency lending subsidiary. Patrick Canagasingham, currently the chief executive officer of Toronto-based organization Children Believe, will become chief operating officer of Habitat for Humanity International in March 2020. He replaces Tjada McKenna, who left the organization earlier this year. Events Thursday, Dec. 19, 2 p.m. ET | 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 “Increasing Access to Affordable Housing in Indian Country” Sarah Adler: Excellent presentation of the situation in Indian Country – Patrice, thank you for this article and for your leadership on behalf of Indian Country! An additional key asset to note is . . . Read More Angela Shuckahosee: Fantastic article . . . Tangible steps to increase homeownership on tribal lands. Via Twitter On “Criticisms About Community Preference Policies Are Misguided” Tim Thompson: I’m curious about whether anyone has any sense of what difference preference policies make in who ends up living in a new development. Is the resident population any different than . . . Read More Edward Goetz: Well, that’s the very question at the heart of the claim by fair housing advocates that such policies perpetuate segregation. My point is that their argument is often times based on . . . Read More On “4 Reasons to Retire the Phrase ‘Inner City’” @winterdan: I always aggressively misinterpret that phrase and recast it as "oh you mean downtown?" Via Twitter Jasmine Olivia: Thank you for sharing, this was a great article. Via Twitter On “Why Voters Haven’t Been Buying the Case for Building” Dean: This was a great article. One point I would have liked to see addressed is the fact that so-called ‘middle income’ is not calculated very fairly, especially here in . . . Read More On “YIMBY, White Privilege, and the Soul of Our Cities” Jonathan: I realise that I’m about 8 months to late, but I would be interested where I as a young white cis-male Software Developer should live to avoid displacing people? I understand from . . . Read More Miriam Axel-Lute: I’m not going say that there is an easy answer (there isn’t). There are some ideas in this document, however, such as make sure a unit you’re moving into wasn’t . . . Read More Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! In Case You Missed It Editor's Note: Connected Neighborhoods How Funders and Small-Business Lenders Are Influencing Health What’s Blocking Homeownership in Indian Country? How to Fund Land Banks A Community Planning Process–Even A Good One–Is Not Enough Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... Double the Value of Your Donation Today! From now until December 31 every dollar you donate to Shelterforce will be doubled by NewsMatch* up to $1,000!! And if you set up a new recurring donation, the whole year of your donations will be matched, up to $1,000.  *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, City Roots Community Land Trust, Inc., Rochester, New York ● Reporting to a community-led Board of Directors, the Executive Director (ED) provides direction and leadership for the mission and vision of City Roots, represents the organization and its work, and manages day-to-day operations. The ED . . . Read Full Listing 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 Click here to post a job! More Jobs Real Estate Director, Boston, MA ● Planning Office for Urban Affairs Chief Executive Officer, Trenton, NJ ● Isles, Inc. Vice President, Real Estate, Detroit, MI ● Housing Partnership Network 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 Editor, Miriam Axel-Lute Managing Editor, Lillian M. Ortiz Senior Editor, Keli A. 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