Middle-Income Housing: the Unstated Reason Why We Don't Build More

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Also: Good Capitalists Should Love Transparency ● Working With Local Artists ● Putting Housing at the Forefront of the National Conversation Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Shelterforce in Print! Subscribe Now! Event Webinar | NLIHC: The Gap and United for Homes Campaign | March 2, 2 p.m. ET The National Low Income Housing Coalition invites all affordable housing advocates to join a webinar edition of its report The GAP: A Shortage of Affordable Homes. The report measures the availability of rental housing affordable to extremely low-income households and other income groups nationwide. Resources The United for Homes Website is Live! Learn about the National Low Income Housing Coalition's United for Homes campaign to end homelessness and housing poverty through reforms to the mortgage interest deduction. 500 Cities: Local Data for Better Health This interactive tool will help researchers, practitioners, and policymakers identify 30 health indicators in 500 cities. Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the CDC Foundation. Subscribe to  It's free! Click here!  Help support the voice of community development  Your Voice! Do you have a national or regional event coming up? Let us know at events@nhi.org! Middle-Income Housing: the Unstated Reason Why We Don't Build More Rick Jacobus, Street Level Urban Impact Advisors For low-income residents in high-cost areas, there is no substitute for public sector action to provide below-market rate housing, but for middle-income households, the market really should be able to provide appropriate housing without government subsidy. So why doesn't this happen? More Things You Need to Know to Work with Local Artists Scott Short and Brigette Blood, Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council In response to an influx of high-profile street art, one Brooklyn community development organization decided to invest in homegrown art and artists, and learn how to support them. More Good Capitalists Should Love Transparency Josh Silver, NCRC If conservatives truly believed in free markets, they would fight hard to make data available to everyone. But once again, that's not what they're doing. They're proposing . . . More Putting Housing at the Forefront of the National Conversation Jonathan Reckford, Habitat for Humanity Despite an abundance of proof of the many benefits that a stable, healthy, and affordable home can provide, the underlying systems that led to the 2008 housing collapse remain unchanged. With a new administration and Congress starting to take action, it is crucial that . . . More You Said It! On Housing and The "Flyover" Mentality In Memphis, the average family can afford the average house. Ownership, in most neighborhoods, is cheaper than renting. A great deal of housing policy and conversation is centered on . . . --Steve Lockwood, more On Should Online Shopping Change How We Use Space? I've seen several of these booming cities build mixed-use buildings that suffer the same fate you describe here: years of emptiness with full or near-full occupancy above. Part of this could be explained by . . . --Chris, more The redevelopment of older suburban retail strip centers and malls is another way in which the demise of brick and mortar retail may open opportunities for housing development. We are already starting to see housing as one of the predominant . . . --Barbara Samuels, more On Art Matters-In Rural Classrooms and Beyond This is a fantastic article. Artists of the Okanogan is an art group that is very service oriented. We are working on introducing art to the young people of the community. We do . . . --Artists of the Okanogan, more In Case You Missed It Tenant Protections Are a Cornerstone to Solving the Housing Crisis Should Online Shopping Change How We Use Space? Housing and the "Flyover" Mentality Art Matters in Rural Classrooms and Beyond It All Began With the Squirrel Looking for a Job? Training Coordinator Our largest audiences are community land trust and shared-equity practitioners. The TC will be the point person for all virtual and place-based trainings and will play . . . Read Full Listing State and Local Policy Manager The SLP Manager will be responsible for leading housing policy technical assistance engagements to local governments. They will have the duty and authority to ensure . . . Read Full Listing Chief Executive Officer This is an exceptional opportunity for a skilled, creative leader to work with a strong team to create positive change in our Charlottesville community. The CEO . . . Read Full Listing President and Chief Executive Officer An affordable housing leader in the Northwest seeks an experienced and innovative CEO who has the opportunity to take the organization and its mission to the next level . . . Read Full Listing More Job Listings Housing and Consumer Attorney, Legal Aid Justice Center Program-Related Investments Senior Analyst, The California Endowment Project Manager, Praxis Consulting Group LLC Director of Finance, Community Basics Inc. President and CEO, The Housing Fund Housing Development Director, CDC of Brownsville Director of Finance, Somerville Community Corporation Director of Applied Research, Woodstock Institute Does your organization want to post a job ad? Click here to learn how! In This Issue Event Resources You Said It! 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  Steve Dubb Democracy Collaborative 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 Shelterforce Weekly Editor, Miriam Axel-Lute Senior Editor, Lillian M. Ortiz Associate Editor, Keli Tianga Publisher, Harold Simon Assistant Publisher, Terri L. Clegg Shelterforce is made possible by the generous support of Kresge Foundation ● Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Ford Foundation John D. and Catherine T. 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