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Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Shelterforce in print   One year for $18 Subscribe Now! Subscribe to  It's free! Click here! Shop our bookshelf at  Help support the voice of community development... Your Voice! Share  Shelterforce Weekly  with your colleagues... Resource Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference Materials available now from the ninth biennial Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference. Access speaker and presenter videos, presentations, papers, and posters on the website. From Rooflines: The Shelterforce Blog A Clear SCOTUS Statement on Disparate Impact By Raphael Bostic, University of Southern California    There will continue to be debate as to whether the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs should be considered a "bad actor." It is true that much of the housing they helped finance was needed and helped to improve impoverished and struggling minority communities. But it is also true that the department . . . More  Are CDCs MIA on TOD? By Lisa Hodges, Hodges Development LLC   The Community Compact, signed by over 70 community associations, foundations, government and institutional stakeholders articulated the goals of inclusive hiring practices, sustainable building and design, and transparency. Unfortunately, only 3 of the 70  signatories were community development corporations . . . More  What's Burying the Prison Pipeline? By Laura Barrett, Gamaliel What is it that's happening--from the federal down to the state and local level--that's appearing to steer the country toward the dismantling of our prison pipeline? More What Have We Learned a Decade After the Gulf Coast Hurricanes?    By Jonathan Reckford, Habitat for Humanity  The emergency response to Hurricane Katrina was a failure of historic proportions, and the region is still experiencing aftershocks. What lessons can those in the disaster relief community learn from it and the dozens of disasters that have shaken us since? . . . More  You Said It! It is unclear why the author refers to the Bridge Park as a creative placemaking project. It is a public space for recreation, education, civic events, and, yes, performance; however, arts and creativity are not central to the space. The project is more accurately defined as infrastructure reuse. --Marie J Fritz on Can D.C.'s Bridge Park Work for Everyone? Jobs  Deputy Director, Metro West Collaborative Development  Senior Project Manager, Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation In This Issue Resources Rooflines You Said It! Jobs Featured Bloggers Laura Barrett Transit Equity Network/Gamaliel Joe Belden Housing Assistance Council Rachel Blake Regional Housing Legal Services Raphael Bostic USC Price School of Public Policy Bill Bynum HOPE Credit Union John Emmeus Davis Burlington Associates Steve Dubb Democracy Collaborative Mindy Fullilove Columbia University Laurie Goldman Tufts University Michael Hickey Fund for Public Schools Lisa Hodges Hodges Development, LLC David Holtzman Planner, Louisa County, Va. Josh Ishimatsu National CAPACD Alan Jenkins Opportunity Agenda Andrea Levere CFED Casius Pealer Tulane University Alan Mallach National Housing Institute Jonathan Reckford Habitat for Humanity Doug Ryan CFED Barbara Samuels ACLU Maryland Barbara Sard Center on Budget and Policy Priorities   James Tracy  San Francisco Community  Land Trust Harold Simon Publisher hsimon@nhi.org Lisa Monetti Assistant Publisher lisa@nhi.org Sara Steele Lau Web Proofing Volunteer Shelterforce Weekly  60 S. Fullerton Avenue, Suite 202 Montclair, NJ 07042 (P) 973-509-1600 (F) 973-509-1602  shelter@nhi.org    Miriam Axel-Lute Editor miriam@nhi.org Keli Tianga Associate Editor keli@nhi.org  Shelterforce | Rooflines | National Housing Institute