Fair Housing Act Was *Not* the Most Important '68 Housing Law

In This Issue: Even Baseless Evictions Harmful ● Most Important Housing Act Isn't What You Think ● Public Art in Communities ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events ● Resources ● You Said It! +

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 In This Issue: Even Baseless Evictions Harmful ● Most Important Housing Act Isn't What You Think ● Public Art in Communities ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events ● Resources ● You Said It! + The Most Important Housing Law Passed in 1968 Wasn't the Fair Housing Act Fred L. McGhee, urban and environmental anthropologist President Lyndon Johnson said this law was the most farsighted and comprehensive housing legislation ever passed. He was right. What was it, and why? Read Full Article Eviction Filings Hurt Tenants, Even if They Win Kristen Ginger, Housing Action Illinois Here’s why, and what one group is doing to fix this. Read Full Article Shelter Shorts—the Week in Community Development Shelterforce Staff The #FreeToPee Campaign | Affordable Housing for College Students | Denial of Passports to U.S.-Born Citizens | Our Kind of Op-Ed | What “Word Gap”? | More…  Quick Takes From Our Editors Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... Starting Conversations with Public Art Joyce Fernandes, artist and writer Messages produced in a temporary public art installation provide a different perspective on a pressing issue—the need for affordable housing in historically disenfranchised, but changing, neighborhoods. Read Full Article Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! Events Wednesday, Sept. 12, 12:30 p.m. ET | 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. Thursday, Oct. 4, 2 p.m. ET | “Connecting Leaders to Learning” Webinar Series: The Empty House Next Door | Presented by the Center for Community Progress and Bank of America Charitable Foundation, this webinar will draw from the recently-released The Empty House Next Door by Alan Mallach. The webinar features Mallach and will use data and visuals to explore trends in property vacancy in recent years—including where the challenge is worsening—with a focus on the growth in particularly distressed “hyper-vacant” areas. Opportunity 2019 Culture of Health Prize Applications Now Open | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize recognizes communities that have come together around a commitment to health, opportunity, and equity through collaboration and inclusion, especially with historically marginalized populations and those facing the greatest barriers to good health. Application deadline: Nov. 1, 2018. Resources Community Control of Land and Housing | This new Democracy Collaborative report explores strategies for combating displacement, expanding ownership, and building community wealth.  Looking for a Job? Keep scrolling... You Said It! On HUD Continues to Retreat From Fair Housing Christina, well written. I am [the] retired field office director for the San Antonio HUD Office. To see what the current administration is doing to gut our social programs is deplorable. We are simply seeing the effects of... —Richard Lopez, more On A Review of The Fight for Fair Housing To the extent housing discrimination has declined, much of the credit for this modest reduction is attributable to the widespread use of testing in enforcement and talented fair housing attorneys who have successfully forged legal challenges to housing discrimination over the past 50 years. Also, [the author's] assertions that fair housing testing may be of declining help or that we need... —Fred Freiburg, more On Rebellion Spurs Opportunity and a New Housing Movement This morning I re-read an @Shelterforce article about #gentrification, #vacantproperties, and community land trusts in Baltimore. It's worth a ponder and an adaptation to your own city, via Twitter Help support Shelterforce, the original voice of community development! Subscribe to Shelterforce in print! In Case You Missed It Eviction Lab Misses the Mark The Dark Side of Single-Family Rental Is a Home With Lead Hazards Really “Affordable”? Loneliness Kills, But Community Developers Can Help Tenant Power: Organizing for Rent Strikes and Landlord Negotiations  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 More Jobs Associate Program Officer—American Cities Practice ● The Kresge Foundation Communications & Policy Manager ● National Housing & Rehabilitation Association/Dworbell Inc. MTW Research & Policy Analyst ● Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA) Real Estate Asset Manager—Affordable Housing ● DHIC—Raleigh, NC Project Manager—Affordable Housing Real Estate Development ● DHIC—Raleigh, NC Community Organizer ● Durham Community Land Trustees Vice-President for Development and Communications ● Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development (CNHED) Editor, Miriam Axel-Lute Managing Editor, Lillian M. Ortiz Associate Editor, Keli A. Tianga Publisher, Harold Simon Assistant Publisher, Terri L. Clegg Made possible by the generous support of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ● Kresge Foundation ● NeighborWorks America ● Kaiser Permanente ● Bank of America Foundation ● JPMorgan Chase Foundation ● John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation ● Citi Community Development ● PNC Bank Foundation ● Hyde and Watson Foundation ● Ocwen Financial Corporation ● Valley National Bank ...and with the support of readers like you.