In This Issue: Chicago Activist Convention Focuses on Community Benefits ● Housing Nomadic Irish Travellers ● Seattle's Displacement Challenge ● How to Kill Land Speculation ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Industry News +
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Rick Rybeck, Just Economics LLC
Most communities are giving away 80 to 90 percent of the land value they create. Here's how they can fix that. Read Full Article
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Shelterforce Staff
Serial Eviction Filings in Atlanta | Rent Control for Seniors | HUD Wants Examples of Housing Discrimination | Worker-Owned Cooperative Triples Workforce | More . . . Quick Takes From Our Editors
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Tanner Howard, freelance writer
Residents of Chicago's North Side no longer need local leaders to bring in scarce city resources for new growth in their neighborhoods, so instead they are… Read Full Article
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Colleen Hennessy, freelance writer
Ireland struggles to adequately provide culturally appropriate housing for Travellers, an Irish ethnic minority group. As a nomadic culture, Travellers need… Read Full Article
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Vinita Goyal, urban planner and independent researcher
Neighborhoods that overlap with historically redlined areas are experiencing severe cultural losses where displacement pressures disproportionately affect communities of color in Seattle. The city is using several strategies to address displacement, including… Read Full Article
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Dorian Warren Succeeds Deepak Bhargava as President of Center for Community Change | For the past two years, Warren has served as CCC vice president as well as president of Community Change Action. Prior to that, he served as an associate professor at Columbia University and as visiting faculty at University of Chicago. As CCC president, he will build on the 16-year legacy of outgoing president Deepak Bhargava, who has been a major force in the social justice landscape. Warren will take the helm immediately following the 2018 elections.
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Robert Dean to Become New CEO of Center for Neighborhood Technology | From 2007-2017, Dean was deputy executive director at Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning and created a follow-up program to assist communities in implementing the plan and addressing other issues, including climate resilience. Most recently, he has been serving as a consultant to Chicago’s Metropolitan Planning Council and RW Ventures, an economic development firm specializing in market-based inclusive growth. Dean succeeds Linda Young, who has been serving as acting executive director at the request of the board.
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Events
Thursday, July 26, 3 p.m. EDT | Opportunity Zones: Understanding the Potential | Connecting Communities, sponsored by the Federal Reserve System, offers this free webinar about the new Opportunity Zones tax incentive, which aims to drive long-term equity capital to distressed communities by providing tax benefits. Speakers will highlight emerging national and local strategies to engage residents around how these funds are deployed in their communities.
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Gehl Institute: Inclusive Healthy Places | Despite the growing evidence connecting place and health, there are few available resources to help planners and policymakers identify the evidence needed to make decisions and fund public space projects that promote individual and community health and well-being. To bridge these gaps, Gehl Institute, with generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, developed the Inclusive Healthy Places Framework. Download the report here.
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You Said It!
I agree, but only if the housing built is affordable. The problem I see in my city is that elected leaders rely on the private sector to decide what is built. The result is… —Will Hathaway, more
The private sector could (sort of) solve this problem if there was no zoning to restrict supply. Mr. Hathaway’s post about “trickle down” housing policy probably refers to a city where the government allows a tiny bit more housing to be built and declares victory, rather than… —Michael Lewyn, more
The market can build its way out of today’s crisis, if we mean helping the type of folks who care about “housing policy” and read this (awesome) site. But fixing a housing system that is designed to financially exploit the working class for the benefit of wealthier Americans…the only way of doing that is… —Stephano Medina, more
There are six vacant houses in America for every one homeless person. That’s not a building problem. That’s an economic equality problem. Could we build our way out of the problem of affordable housing? Absolutely. Will we? It’s unlikely. Not when it’s cheaper to… —“Random Nobody,” more
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Have you thought about forming a community land trust or cooperative and asking the city to give you the properties (or sell them for $1 each)? That way you could own the land and homes as a collective and begin to make improvements and… —Susan Moriarty, more
What's going on in Minneapolis? Last I heard, they passed a source-of-income anti-discrimination ordinance…the ordinance went into effect this past May, but it looks like a judge struck it down in June. Any thoughts how that will play out? —Rose Alexandra Phillips, more
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Hi Rose, with the caveat that I’m horrible at predicting the future, and I’m not familiar with Minnesota state courts, I would say that the judge’s decision is likely to be reversed on appeal. The judge’s decision is based on a weird constitutional theory that says… —Joe Mead, more
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Executive Director, NCRC Community Development Fund ● NCRC Community Development Fund seeks a new executive director. In addition to managing the CDFI, the ED will guide the Fund’s expanding financing strategy, act as entrepreneurial leader and primary fundraiser, and be our public face at trainings, media events, and conferences of peer organizations.. . Read Full Listing
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Senior Research Associate ● Local Initiatives Support Corporation seeks a Senior Research Associate to join a small, multidisciplinary team whose objectives are to rigorously assess our impact and those of our partners, support through research new innovative tools to advance LISC’s mission, and support the.. . Read Full Listing
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Executive Director, Northcountry Cooperative Foundation ● This individual will manage all aspects of our operations and provide leadership toward our strategic goals: supporting the creation of more (and better) cooperatives, being a key source of information about cooperatives and a center for the practice of creative innovation in the cooperative sector.. . Read Full Listing
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Director of Communications ● Grounded Solutions Network seeks a dynamic individual to join our senior leadership team. Your communication strategies will drive support for our financial sustainability strategy, deepen programmatic impact, and elevate our position as a national leader in long-term affordable housing… Read Full Listing
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Chief Property Management Officer ● Community Development Partnership seeks a chief property management officer to lead the expansion of our affordable rental homes on the Lower Cape. The CDP nurtures a vibrant Lower Cape Cod region by promoting environmental and economic sustainability, expanding opportunities for… Read Full Listing
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Senior Program Officer—Economic Development & Lending ● Rural LISC seeks an individual to lead our lending team and oversee the implementation of national and rural economic development strategies, with and through our network of rural CDCs and CDFIs, and key economic development focused team members. Rural LISC is in the top five in lending within.. . Read Full Listing
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Program Officer—Lending ● Rural LISC seeks an individual to manage our rural lending opportunities via our network of rural CDCs and CDFIs, and Rural LISC’s Field Program team members. We maintain a diverse portfolio of loans in affordable housing, community facilities, and small business development.. . Read Full Listing
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Executive Director ● Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk seeks a dynamic, passionate executive director for this 30-year-old affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. Habitat Suffolk partners with families in our community to help them build strength, stability, and self-reliance through shelter. Our new ED should be committed to.. . Read Full Listing
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