Chan-Zuckerberg Funds Loans *and* Policy for Bay Area Affordable Housing

In This Issue: Generating Power in Oakland to Take Back Public Land ● CDFIs Stepped Up During the Shutdown ● Who Will Benefit From Opportunity Zones? ● Loans *and* Policy for More Bay Area Affordable Housing ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events +

Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 In This Issue: Generating Power in Oakland to Take Back Public Land ● CDFIs Stepped Up During the Shutdown ● Who Will Benefit From Opportunity Zones? ● Loans *and* Policy for More Bay Area Affordable Housing ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events + Loans *and* Policy for More Bay Area Affordable Housing Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce A pair of funds backed by philanthropic heavy hitters—convened by the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative—tries to take advantage of a moment when all eyes are on housing to both bridge gaps in the capital market and influence policy makers... Read Full Article Shelter Shorts—the Week in Community Development Shelterforce Staff Coffee Shops Into Community Assets | Sen. Crapo's Plan to Eliminate Affordable Housing Goals | Zoning Out Families | Zombie Properties in Florida | Social Determinants of Health in the News | Climate Resilience | And More Quick Takes From Our Editors Who Will Benefit From Opportunity Zones? Tanner Howard, Organizer The competition to receive funding for Opportunity Zones from potential investors was a major focus of recent event led by the Urban Institute, but the question of who would benefit most from these investments marked a clear division among participants.  Read Full Article CDFIs Stepped Up During the Shutdown Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce The recent government shutdown showed how crucial community development organizations, especially community development lenders, can be to keeping families and small businesses afloat. Read Full Article Generating Power in Oakland to Take Back Public Land Vanessa Riles, East Bay Housing Organizations When a vacant lot was close to becoming the home of a 24-story, market-rate development, local activists prevented it from happening by... Read Full Article Events Thursday, Feb. 7, 1 p.m. CST | Creating Accountability With City Scrapers | Through this webinar, participants can learn how to replicate the open source City Scrapers project, which allows stakeholders to track all those important but often overlooked municipal meetings and decision-making processes. Info or register here. Monday, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. EST | What Really Works in Homelessness Prevention: Lessons from Literature and the Field | Presented by Abt Associates’ Center on Evidence-based Solutions to Homelessness, this webinar will feature practitioners from three communities who will discuss their experience planning or implementing prevention activities, and how the evidence aligns with their work on the ground. Info or register here. Resources The National Low Income Housing Coalition just released Opportunities to End Homelessness and Housing Poverty in the 116th Congress, a memo to incoming senators and representatives on concrete steps they can take to help address one of the most critical issues facing extremely low-income families today: the lack of decent, accessible, and affordable housing. Click here to download a copy. Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... You Said It! On Hospital System Helps Housing Partners Unlock Capital When hospitals make investments in conditions outside their walls—like affordable housing and access to healthy foods—everyone wins. This is the story of how Dignity Health has been able to work with other partners in San Bernardino to expand affordable housing in the community, guided by community priorities and bringing in new resources and... — Rich Besser, more On Mental Health and Community Development Love this article because it brings out the larger issue that every industry needs to do what it can to cultivate positive mental health conditions, including Community dev. All us who have been touched by the tragedy of suicide understand the urgency. Thanks for writing! — John Lieber, via Twitter On The Struggle for Housing in Los Angeles: A Review of City of Segregation Very thorough, comprehensive, fair review of this important book. Good job. — David Willingham, more This is humbling and leaves me without words — identifying so much of what I hoped I had succeeded in in getting across... — Andrea Gibbons, via Twitter Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! In Case You Missed It Mental Health and Community Development We Need State Law That Allows Multifamily Housing Greening Vacant Lots: Low Cost, Big Effect in Philly The Struggle for Housing in Los Angeles: A Review of City of Segregation Help support Shelterforce, the original voice of community development! Subscribe to Shelterforce in print! Jobs External Relations Manager • The Center for NYC Neighborhoods seeks an individual who is driven to work for a mission-oriented organization and has the skills to expand our fundraising and income generation through the strategic use of impact storytelling, events, and other cultivation strategies. This is an exempt position that reports to… Read Full Listing Senior Project Manager ● TNDC seeks a Senior Project Manager to perform a wide variety of tasks related to planning and developing affordable housing for Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC). The Senior Project Manager coordinates and implements all activities relating to project development from ... Read Full Listing Racial Equity & Inclusion Program Manager ● NPH is looking for an experienced individual dedicated to racial equity to move our work and programs forward in support of improving internal and member/sector-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Racial Equity & Inclusion Program Manager is responsible for developing, growing and ... Read Full Listing Policy Director ● NPH seeks a dynamic, innovative, collaborative, and team-oriented Policy Director to provide strategy, leadership and expertise in the Bay Area and statewide on affordable housing policy. The position provides key staff support to the organization in the areas of public policy development, strategic planning, legislative and…Read Full Listing Multifamily Housing Lender ● Seattle's Office of Housing works to build strong, healthy communities and increase opportunities for people of all income levels to live in our city. We are looking for a Multifamily Housing Lender to help the City decide which projects should or should not be funded. You will review and evaluate multifamily and bridge loan applications for policy and…Read Full Listing Grant Support Technician ● The City of Medford seeks a Grant Support Technician who performs a wide variety of professional and administrative services related to grant administration and departmental programs and activities. This position reports to the Housing and Community Development Principal Planner and. . .Read Full Listing Click here to post a job! 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