(ShelterForce) Where's the Housing for Prisoners Released Early?

In this Issue: How Artists Helped a Housing Organization Adapt to Demographic Change ● Three Lessons Learned from Working in Isolation ● Pandemic Leads to Early Prisoner Release, But Finding Housing for Them Remains Difficult ● Also: Jobs ● Events

Week of May 11: Edition 2 In this Issue: How Artists Helped a Housing Organization Adapt to Demographic Change ● Three Lessons Learned from Working in Isolation ● Pandemic Leads to Early Prisoner Release, But Finding Housing for Them Remains Difficult ● Also: Jobs ● Events ● You Said It ● In Case You Missed It + How Artists Helped a Housing Organization Adapt to Demographic Change Amy Evans, Shelterforce An in-depth look at the lessons one housing organization learned after receiving a multimillion grant to integrate arts and culture strategies in its work. Has the organization changed the way it operates? Read Full Article Pandemic Leads to Early Prisoner Release, But Finding Housing for Them Remains Difficult David Howard King, Shelterforce As the infection rate at jails in places like New York began to climb, officials started looking for criteria to use in determining which inmates could be released. Then they ran into a familiar but now heightened dilemma. Read Full Article Three Lessons Learned from Working in Isolation Armando Moritz-Chapelliquen, Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development We may be physically divided, but we can be emotionally bound through our common purpose, says this New York City community organizer. Read Full Article Help Shelterforce bring you the stories you need now! Supporting us is simple and fast. You can do it on Patreon! In Case You Missed It What Would it Mean to Cancel Rent? Let’s Interrupt History: Racial Equity in a Time of Crisis CDFIs Still at a Disadvantage in Paycheck Protection Program Rent Strikes Launch Worldwide Land-Use Decisions Have Life and Death Consequences Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... Events June 7, 2020, at 1:30 p.m. ET | Reimagined in America: Taking a Well-Being Approach | Join the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for a discussion about what U.S. communities can learn from cities and countries around the world, like Scotland and Bhutan, that are reorienting policies, programs and budgets to put the well-being of people and the planet at the center of all decisions. Register here. We only list free events and resources of national interest.  To learn about advertising, click here. Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! You Said It On “Rent Strikes Launching Around the World May 1” Robert Robinson: As a long time housing activist and organizer I am happy to see these messages. They represent a coming together of grassroots movements from around the world to deliver a message to corporations and governments to “put people first!” Another world is possible! Read More On “Let’s Interrupt History: Racial Equity in a Time of Crisis” Robin Hacke: Clear-sighted and practical ideas from a CDFI leader. Bravo! Via Twitter On “Nonprofit Housing Providers Face Down COVID-19” Tony Pickett: Thanks @Shelterforce for elevating our collective voices around the urgency of #COVID19 housing relief and need for more resources, including our @GroundedNetwork members @UrbanLandC and @OPAL_CLT Via Twitter On “Community Development is Crucial in This Moment” FCS Ministries: Thought-provoking piece from @Shelterforce. This pandemic has certainly exposed what a long way to go we have until equitable, thriving communities are the norm. Via Twitter Jobs Publisher/Executive Director, Shelterforce, Montclair, NJ ● Shelterforce seeks a publisher/executive director to advance its mission, grow its audience and influence, and strategically and sustainably guide the organization through an evolving and dynamic media landscape. Read Full Listing NLIHC Housing Policy Analyst/Senior Housing Policy Analyst, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Washington, D.C. ● NLIHC seeks a housing policy analyst/senior housing policy analyst (depending on experience) responsible for identifying, analyzing, advocating, and engaging the Coalition’s membership and network in action on federal policy and regulatory activities related to . . . Read Full Listing Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Center for Community Investment, Washington, D.C. ● This is a new position designed to support CCI’s busy Executive Director who oversees CCI’s program, communications, leadership development, and operations teams; participates actively in CCI’s community investment and leadership development programs . . . Read Full Listing More Jobs Senior Manager, Housing Development Legal Services, Glenside, PA, ● Regional Housing Legal Services Click here to post a job! Editor, Miriam Axel-Lute Managing Editor, Lillian M. Ortiz Assistant Editor, Elizabeth Oguss Operations Associate, Sam Fields Publisher, Harold Simon Made possible by the generous support of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ● Kresge Foundation ● NeighborWorks America ● Kaiser Permanente ● Bank of America Foundation ● JPMorgan Chase Foundation ● Citi Community Development ● PNC Bank Foundation● Truist Bank ● Valley National Bank ... and with the support of readers like you.