Roger Williams University has appointed Brenda J. Clement to serve as director of HousingWorks Rhode Island. Clement has previously served as executive director of the Housing Action Coalition and the Housing Network in Rhode Island, and Citizens' Housing and Planning Association in Massachusetts.
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U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro has awarded $8 million to 10 severely distressed neighborhoods by way of HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, a program designed to help local leaders craft comprehensive, homegrown plans to revitalize and transform these neighborhoods.
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The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity has released the fourth edition of its annual State of the Science: Implicit Bias Review, highlighting current trends and outcome disparities in criminal justice, workforce and hiring, housing, and healthcare.
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Why Police Are a Community Development Problem
Jamaal Green, Portland State University
If Black Lives Matter to Community Development, we as a field need to explicitly support radical change in policing. So far, we're not there yet. Here's how we can get there . . . More
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Unpredictable Income Affects More than Just Households
Joanna Smith-Ramani and David Mitchell,
Aspen Institute Financial Security Program
Financial instability of families affects the economic health of entire communities. Here's what we've learned about how . . . More
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You Won't Believe Where There's Lead in the Drinking Water
Laura Barrett, Center for Health, Environment and Justice
When you're planning a vacation these days, you had better do a search to find out if your destination has safe water--in the USA, not the third world . . . More
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Great work. Now how do we use it in the current community benefit agreements in Ohio where these banks are HQ'd? Have we developed best practices that can be used by organizations like ours to accomplish our . . . --Hershel Daniels Junior, more
If testing is not a part of their investigative toolkit, regulatory agencies and many fair lending advocates will continue to miss or fail to detect much of the unlawful racial discrimination that is still occurring in the housing market. The analysis of lending data does not always tell the whole story. Data analysis should be combined with . . . --Fred Freiberg, more
The attention should be on understanding why those programs haven't delivered the promised "revitalization" and what needs to be done to make them work, not continue to hold low-income families hostage in . . . --Betsy Julian, more
The notion that "investors" are now demanding financially strong developers is clearly shown by HUD's major emphasis on underwriting HOME projects. HUD (the investor) insists that PJ's use HOME dollars only if . . . --Bob Jones, more
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President/Chief Executive Officer
The President/CEO provides direction and leadership for the organization's mission and vision, represents and speaks for the organization and its work, works with the executive management group to advance CDCLI's strategic . . . Read Full Listing
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Program Officer
Program Officers are local technical assistance providers who have a wide variety of skill sets throughout LISC's network including: community engagement; program management and implementation; contract management; workforce development, real estate . . . Read Full Listing
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Director of Community Development
The Director oversees varied aspects of the agency's community development work, including: affordable housing and manufacturing development, community planning, sustainability initiatives and asset management, securing project financing and . . . Read Full Listing
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Deputy Director
The Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership administers the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program. The Deputy Director will have both internal and external responsibilities, ranging from project management and program administration to partnership development . . . Read Full Listing
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Assistant Project Manager
The APM will provide administrative support for a full range of development activities, including but not limited to: preparing and assembling funding applications, researching locational and other amenities for development sites, preparing maps and graphic . . . Read Full Listing
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The PMI will have primary responsibility for a full range of development activities relating to affordable multifamily housing development projects, such as researching, identifying, and securing funding sources, organizing reports, graphics, budgets . . . Read Full Listing
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Community Organizer/Developer
The HANDS Community Organizer will work directly with senior staff, community residents, partnering organizations, businesses, and municipal officials to develop relationships, increase participation by stakeholders, and identify and nurture . . . Read Full Listing
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