Three Dangers and an Opportunity

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Also: New Bills Would Enforce Ignorance ● Houston, We Have a Segregation Problem ● Not All Asian Elderly Are Well Off ● What Must Be Done Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Shelterforce in Print! Subscribe Now! Industry News Vicki Been, Katherine O'Regan Return to NYU Furman Center Been, most recently commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development under Mayor Bill de Blasio, and O'Regan, most recently assistant secretary for policy development and research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will return to the New York University Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy as faculty directors. Mixed-Income Innovation and Action Network to Launch Salin Geevarghese has been appointed founding director of the Mixed-Income Innovation and Action Network -- a new venture of the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, Urban Strategies Inc., and the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP). The network will improve, accelerate, and track the progress of the national effort to create equitable mixed-income communities. Geevarghese most recently served as deputy assistant secretary for international and philanthropic innovation at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He will be based with CSSP. 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! Three Dangers and an Opportunity Michael Bodaken and Ellen Lurie Hoffman, National Housing Trust In the coming months and years, a number of high stakes policy decisions will pose significant threats to core affordable housing and community development programs, while others could create opportunities. Here are some of the most important. More New Bills Would Enforce Ignorance on Housing Opportunity Debby Goldberg, National Fair Housing Alliance How will two proposed Republican-sponsored bills in the House and Senate leave the public, local government, and affordable housing advocates in the dark on issues of housing segregation and discrimination? More Not All Asian Elderly Are Well Off Kelley Lou, National CAPACD A recent Fox News attempt at comedy highlighted mass media's general stereotypes about Asian Americans. But how are assumptions about that community being wealthy harming efforts to advocate for a particularly vulnerable sub-group? More Poem: What Must Be Done Fernando Martí, Council of Community Housing Organizations Do not hate them. Do not be angry with them: The real estate agents, appraising the value of other peoples lives . . . More Houston, It's Time to Stop Accommodating Segregation John Henneberger, Texas Low Income Housing Information Service Mayor Turner has declared that he will "utilize all possible avenues" to overturn HUD's integration order. In doing so, he continues to misunderstand the meaning of fair housing . . . More Bringing Together Arts and Community Development Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce Jason Schupbach, director of design programs for the National Endowment for the Arts, says: "When you want to repress or take away freedoms in a society, the first thing you do is take away its culture . . ." More You Said It! On Affordable Housing and . . . a Museum I am a lifelong advocate for housing for everyone. With 47 years as a landlord who rented to those who could not afford anyone else's rental prices, I rented at cost with profit to be realized when the building was sold. My experience was that if a tenant was treated with respect, they responded with respect. With over 200 tenants in 47 years, I evicted only . . . --Helen G. McCahill, more In Case You Missed It Affordable Housing and . . . a Museum Nonprofits--Yes You Can Advocate. And Now's The Time Not Your Average Community Garden Fair Housing is NOT War on the Suburbs Looking for a Job? 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 Chief Housing Planner Will help cities and towns plan for housing production and preservation, with a special focus on affordable housing; will assist in evaluating and improving state laws . . . 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 Does your organization want to post a job ad? Click here to learn how! More Job Listings President and CEO, The Housing Fund Senior Manager--Community Stabilization, NeighborWorks Housing Development Director, CDC of Brownsville Director of Finance, Somerville Community Corporation Director of Applied Research, Woodstock Institute Real Estate Development Director, NCALL Project Manager, Home City Housing Development, LLC Director of Real Estate, Allston Brighton CDC Director of Loan Originations, The Corporation for Supportive Housing In This Issue Industry News 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. 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