Eviction Lab Misses the Mark

In This Issue: The Dark Side of Single-Family Rental ● Is a Home With Lead Hazards Really "Affordable"? ● Eviction Lab Misses the Mark ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events ● Resources ● You Said It! +

Tuesday, August 28, 2018 In This Issue: The Dark Side of Single-Family Rental ● Is a Home With Lead Hazards Really “Affordable”? ● Eviction Lab Misses the Mark ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events ● Resources ● You Said It! + Eviction Lab Misses the Mark Terra Graziani, Manissa M Maharawal, and Erin McElroy, Anti-Eviction Mapping Project; Lisa Bates and Pamela N. Phan, Community Alliance of Tenants; and Daniela Aiello, Chris Herring, and Gretchen Purser By not working with existing housing justice organizations, Matthew Desmond's high-profile organization undercounts evictions, misses a chance to understand differences between localities and wider policy analyses, and does little to tell us why evictions are… Read Full Article Shelter Shorts—the Week in Community Development Shelterforce Staff Philly's Fight for Affordable Housing | HUD Targets Facebook In Complaint | An Eviction App | A "Massive" Multifamily Housing Fraud | More… Quick Takes From Our Editors Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... The Dark Side of Single-Family Rental Julia Gordon, National Community Stabilization Trust After the foreclosure crisis, global equity firms snapped up thousands of single-family homes to rent out. This massive shift in the market has not been good for aspiring homeowners, tenants, or neighborhoods because… Read Full Article Is a Home With Lead Hazards Really “Affordable”? Colleen Hennessy, freelance writer It’s time we take the health costs of dangerous housing into account when making housing policy. Read Full Article Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! Events TOMORROW: Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2 p.m. EDT | All In Webinar: Data Sharing Across Sectors—Challenges and Opportunities | While the importance of data in our collective efforts to improve community health is widely agreed upon, the way in which we leverage and apply data is not. The newest report from the BUILD Health Challenge features the five most common data challenges faced by cross-sector teams participating in BUILD. In this webinar, learn about top takeaways from the report and hear what strategies teams use in the face of real-world challenges. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 12:30 p.m. EDT | Effectively Raising Capital: The Board Chair & Executive Director Relationship | Partners for the Common Good present this chapter in the CapNexus webinar series, outlining how to facilitate a successful relationship between a board chair and executive director in order to identify new funding sources. Resources HUD User: Designing Affordable and Equitable Housing | The American Institute of Architects hosted the 2018 Conference on Architecture from June 21 to 23 in New York City. One of the major themes of the conference was expanding the availability of sustainable and affordable housing. The panel of speakers—architects and psychologists—highlighted the benefits of low-rise, high-density housing in walkable neighborhoods. A summary of their findings is available at the link above.  Looking for a Job? Keep scrolling... You Said It! On The Jobs-Housing Hamster Wheel This is very interesting. I would like to know more about the administrative methods and mechanisms for assessing property tax rates in specific locations according to the principal of LVRR. —Ted Wimpey Author Reply: Good question. As you know, levying property tax is at least a two-part process. … Once state-level authorizing legislation is in place, a community must enact enabling legislation. The process of moving away from the status quo to an improved LVRR system should be… —Rick Rybeck, more On Seattle Takes Ownership of Its Displacement Challenge Too long, didn't read. This reads like an ad for Seattle City Gov., the author’s ex-employer. —anonymous commenter, more Author Reply: The original article and this comment response offer a glimpse of Seattle’s efforts, some of which are unprecedented in the United States. I am humbled and proud to have had an opportunity to work with Seattle and wanted to use a medium beyond a 140-character shout out to share what I learned… —Vinita Goyal, more Help support Shelterforce, the original voice of community development! Subscribe to Shelterforce in print! In Case You Missed It Renters Rise Again The Jobs-Housing Hamster Wheel The Promise and Peril of HUD’s RAD Program Loneliness Kills, But Community Developers Can Help Tenant Power: Organizing for Rent Strikes and Landlord Negotiations  An Old American Struggle, Always New Click here to post a job! Jobs Finance Director ● Avenue CDC seeks an individual who will be responsible for ensuring effective financial management, accounting, and risk management systems. As a member of the senior leadership team, the finance director is involved in strategic planning, evaluation, and professional development… Read Full Listing Senior Housing Developer ● The person in this role will complete Community Frameworks' real estate development functions, including taking the lead on affordable housing and related community facilities developments, primarily in Washington state. The position requires extensive experience in complex financing and regulatory… Read Full Listing Executive Director, Lexington Community Land Trust ● This individual will create strategic partnerships for LCLT’s inaugural neighborhood, which, at completion, will include over 100 permanently affordable homes, a mixed-use area, and more. The executive director will also develop scattered site infill homes and grow the organization toward sustainability… Read Full Listing Senior Multifamily Housing Lender, City of Seattle ● Seattle’s Office of Housing seeks an individual to help the City invest in the development and preservation of affordable multifamily rental housing. This person will participate in all aspects of project development and financing, including feasibility assessment, underwriting… Read Full Listing Project Manager/Affordable Housing Development ● Telesis seeks an experienced project manager to join our D.C. office and to oversee projects in D.C and across the country, managing all aspects of the development cycle from acquisition through completion. Most of our projects are complex, large-scale redevelopments with multiple financing sources. Our portfolio includes... Read Full Listing 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 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 sector... 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