The Danger of a Developer-in-Chief

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Also: Time for a Job Guarantee ● Myths About Cycles ● Carson Tries to Please All in Hearing ● GOP Tax Plan ● Art Just Became Even More Essential Tuesday, January 17, 2017 Help support the voice of community development  Your Voice! Industry News Monique "Mo" George is the new executive director at New York City's Picture the Homeless, replacing founding director Lynn Lewis. A longtime organizer, George has most recently served in multiple roles at the community organizing group Community Voices Heard. Sarah Westlake has joined ArtPlace America as managing editor. Westlake most recently served at the MS Society in the UK and is the volunteer communications coordinator at the NYC chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice. Event Connecting Communities | Economic Mobility: Research and Ideas Strengthening Families, Communities and the Economy | Jan. 26, 3 p.m. ET Economic mobility was a theme of a recent national research conference, bringing together viewpoints from hundreds of experts across academia, policy, and practice. This webinar, sponsored by the Federal Reserve System, continues the conversation. Resources Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen. America Divided The docu-series America Divided has won praise for its explorations of issues including voting rights, money in politics, mass criminalization, the decline of the middle class, and immigration reform. It can be viewed now in several ways, and the Ford Foundation has compiled resources and insights on the policy and social justice issues at the heart of the series. Do you have a national or regional event coming up? Let us know at events@nhi.org! Myths and Realities About Cycles Alan Mallach, Center for Community Progress When we start to liken housing and neighborhood cycles to the kinds of predictable, unstoppable cycles found in nature, we may find ourselves in a dangerous trap, and potentially . . . More The Danger of a Developer-in-Chief Seema Agnani, National CAPACD I have a set of pat answers that I've been giving people when they ask me what I think about Ben Carson as the nominee for HUD secretary. But underneath my answers, I admit to being uncomfortable with my own talking points. Carson seems like a nice enough man, but he's not the real issue . . . More Time for a Federal Job Guarantee Jamaal Green, Portland State University If we accept the conservative argument that a universal basic income guarantee takes away the "intrinsic value" of work, then we should also ask them why they're so wary of the most obvious solution . . . More GOP Tax Plan Sends Mortgage Interest Deduction Unfairness Off the Charts Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce How does the GOP's tax plan take a benefit like the mortgage interest deduction--which is already tilted toward the wealthy--and make it even less beneficial to middle-income taxpayers? Just watch . . . More Carson Tries to Please Everyone in Confirmation Hearing Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce Triage is in effect among those opposed to the incoming administration and the president-elect's cabinet picks. Last week's Senate hearing for Ben Carson was by and large not a exercise in determining whether he should be confirmed, but more a group of people certain he was going to be confirmed trying to get him on record supporting their positions. That said, there were some useful and pointed exchanges . . .  More Art Just Became Even More Essential Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce "Art gives us tools other than the master's tools," said Greg Jobin-Leeds, leading a workshop on the role of art in social change at the Facing Race conference in November 2016. Coming mere days after the election, the reference to the famous Audre Lorde declaration felt apropos. The people in the room were ready to hear any message of hope. I was no exception. More In Case You Missed It 4 Reasons Employee Ownership Can Flourish Under the New Administration Not All Artists Are Young. Or Childless. Dear Ben Carson, This Is the Real Social Engineering A New Way to Finance Equitable Economic Development? Community Groups at Odds Over Whether Baltimore Will Benefit From Under Armour Deal Looking for a Job? Director of Property Management CHP seeks a seasoned PM professional with demonstrated experience in best practice operations and compliance who cares deeply about social impact and . . . Read Full Listing Community Land Trust Manager This is a versatile role requiring the candidate to be adept at community relations, community organizing, housing development, advocacy, and public policy . . . Read Full Listing Executive Director The executive director will lead the Affordable Housing, Property Management, Resident Services and Housing Choice Voucher aspects of Charter Oak . . . Read Full Listing Senior Resource Development Manager Will have direct experience in community and economic development, writing federal and nonfederal grants, managing relationships with foundations, and . . . Read Full Listing More Job Listings Director of Compliance, Mutual Housing California Vice President of Financial Services, Civic Builders Senior Program Officer--Arts and Culture, Kresge Foundation Community Development Program Specialist, City of Port Huron Housing Development Project Manager, Mutual Housing California Does your organization want to post a job ad? Click here to learn how! In This Issue Industry News Event Resources In Case You Missed It Jobs Share  Shelterforce Weekly  with your colleagues Featured Bloggers Bob Annibale Citi Laura Barrett Interfaith Worker Justice Murtaza Baxamusa Sol Price School of Public Policy, USC Joe Belden Housing Assistance Council Michael Bodaken National Housing Trust Raphael Bostic USC Price School of Public Policy Janis Bowdler JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bill Bynum HOPE Credit Union John Emmeus Davis Burlington Associates Ana Garcia-Ashley Gamaliel Foundation Jamaal Green Portland State University John Henneberger Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Lisa Hodges Hodges Development, LLC David Holtzman Planner, Louisa County, Va. Josh Ishimatsu National CAPACD Rick Jacobus Street Level Advisors Daniel Kravetz Freelance Writer Andrea Levere CFED Alan Mallach Center for Community Progress Alexandra Moffett-Bateau City University of New York Casius Pealer Tulane University Jonathan Reckford Habitat for Humanity Cy Richardson National Urban League Doug Ryan CFED Barbara Sard Center on Budget and Policy Priorities   Josh Silver NCRC James Tracy  San Francisco Community  Land Trust Eva Wingren Baltimore Community Foundation Subscribe to  It's free! Click here!  Shelterforce Weekly Editor, Miriam Axel-Lute Senior Editor, Lillian M. Ortiz Associate Editor, Keli Tianga Publisher, Harold Simon Assistant Publisher, Terri L. 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