The Hole in Community Development’s Vision

A View Into California's Statewide Ballot Campaign for Housing ● Fair Housing's Focus On Integration Exacerbate Inequality ● Meeting Individual Social Needs Is Not the Same As Addressing Social Determinants of Health ● A Hole in our Vision

Week of Monday, April 15 In This Issue: A View Into California’s Statewide Ballot Campaign for Housing ● Fair Housing's Focus on Integration Exacerbates Inequality ● Meeting Individual Social Needs Is not the Same as Addressing Social Determinants of Health ● A Hole in our Vision: Race, Gender, and Justice in Community Development ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events + A Hole in our Vision: Race, Gender, and Justice in Community Development Nancy O. Andrews, Low Income Investment Fund Community development has accomplished a great deal since its birth, but there is much more for us to do—and it starts at the beginning, back at the way we all think about it. Read Full Article A View Into California’s Successful Ballot Campaign for Housing Nur Kausar, Housing California As affordable housing grows ever more urgent, states become more politically ready to take it on. Here are some strategies and tactics from the California campaigns that made 2018 become known as “The Year of Affordable Housing”. Read Full Article Shelter Shorts—the Week in Community Development Shelterforce Staff This week: Carson Gets Defensive | A Bank by and for the People | Faith in Numbers | Another Big(ger) Bank Is on the Horizon | Berliners Rally for Their Housing | And More Quick Takes From Our Editors Meeting Individual Social Needs Is not the Same as Addressing Social Determinants of Health Brian Castrucci and John Auerbach, Beaumont Foundation and Trust for America's Health While individual-level interventions are beneficial, characterizing them as efforts to address social determinants of health conveys a false sense of progress. Read Full Article Fair Housing's Focus on Integration Exacerbates Inequality Review by David Imbroscio, University of Louisville A review of The One-Way Street of Integration: Fair Housing and the Pursuit of Racial Justice in American Cities, by Edward G. Goetz.  Read Full Article Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! Events Tuesday, April 16, 12:30 p.m ET | Origins of the CDFI Movement | Join this CAPNEXUS free webinar to learn about the history of CFDI's through “Democratizing Finance, Origins of the Community Development Finance Institutions Movement” by Clifford Rosenthal. Rosenthal will be joined by other early innovators of the CDFI movement. Learn more and register here. Industry News The National Equity Fund has announced the appointment of Matthew Reilin as president and CEO effective June 1. Reilin will succeed Joseph S. Hagan, who is retiring after 19 years. Reilin formerly served as managing director and partner at Cresset Partners where he oversaw community development and the Opportunity Zone team. Vicki Been has been named deputy mayor for housing and economic development in New York City. Been, who will begin her new position in May, is director of NYU's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. She will replace Alicia Glen, who served as deputy mayor for five years. Been recently participated in a Shelterforce roundtable discussion on housing supply, development, and displacement. Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... You Said It! On Time to Delink Homeownership from Asset Building Cliff Mayo: Thanks for writing this. This is a perspective we need more of our policymakers to have. Read More Chris: I am intrigued by the connection between offering a safety net of basic coverage (healthcare, childcare, elderly care, and living wages) and the possibility of reduced pressure on housing as a nest egg. Even personally, I would be much less inclined to think about housing as a financial investment if I had some assurances that my most basic needs would be met through the use of my tax dollars. I would still love to see a comparison of... Read More Stella J Adams: I believe this article is reckless from an advocate WITHOUT proposing alternative methods of asset building and wealth accumulation for African Americans most of whom have what tiny modicum of wealth has been through homeownership. African Americans have put their children through college with their home equity, when the financial crisis occurred African American institutions of higher learning suffered an amazing drop enrollment and... Read More Miriam Axel-Lute: I’m not sure why you see it as dangerous? Did you take it to mean I was advocating for reducing efforts to support reducing the racial homeownership gap? Because I absolutely don’t mean that. There are many reasons to keep supporting homeownership for those who want it–including but not limited to the home equity that comes from forced savings and modest appreciation. But the way we rely so heavily on massive housing appreciation based on land value rise *hurts* African Americans overall, even if some have managed to benefit from it. Look at... Read More On Racial Diversity in Community Development Leadership: A Roundtable Discussion on the Field’s Past, and Its Future Wildcat: Great views shared by all! As a minority woman with almost 10 years of experience in this field, I’ve seen the change of more white liberal, corporate types coming into the field. Some and definitely not all – are very self serving (individuals and organizations). Representation matters in this work and... Read More On Preserving Affordable Housing by Buying, Not Building Reston 20/20: A workable strategy in Reston, Fairfax County??? Worth examining... Via Twitter In Case You Missed It Racial Diversity in Community Development Leadership: A Roundtable Discussion on the Field’s Past, and Its Future Setting Aside Housing for Frequent Health Care Users Smaller Cities Are Laboratories for Change Can We Ditch Tax Incentives and Support True Economic Development? Preserving Affordable Housing by Buying, Not Building Help support Shelterforce, the original voice of community development! Subscribe to Shelterforce in print! Jobs Executive Director ● The Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio is hiring its first full-time Executive Director. The Alliance was formed in 2015 to advocate for new local resources to address the crisis of 54,000 Franklin County, Ohio, households in or near poverty paying more than half of their income for housing. We are looking for a dynamic leader who can provide strategic direction for... Read Full Listing Director of Field Building ● The Build Healthy Places Network is seeking a creative and equity-focused strategist with exceptional writing, research, and networking skills to lead our national field building operation through communications, engagement, and surveillance/learning of national trends in... Read Full Listing Executive Director ● Better Community Neighborhoods Inc. (BCN) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created as the result of a merger between two previously existing, well-established not-for-profits based in the City of Schenectady, New York, Better Neighborhoods Inc. and the Community Land Trust of Schenectady. BCN is focused on... Read Full Listing Program Coordinator – 2-Year Term ● The Kresge Foundation is seeking a Program Coordinator who is responsible for coordinating, planning, and implementing projects that span the foundation’s programs and learning activities. Projects may include learning and evaluation analysis, special projects, and/or departmental coordination and administrative support. Among other responsibilities, the role helps to coordinate, shape and... Read Full Listing Compliance & Monitoring Administrator ● The City of Memphis is seeking a Compliance and Monitoring Administrator who works under the general direction of the Senior Operations Administrator, overseeing the compliance and monitoring of all federal and other regulatory compliance requirements associated with Federal, State, or other grants, specifically those received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, including HOME, Community Development Block Grant...  Read Full Listing Instructor of Community Development (Non-Tenure Track) ● The Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning is recruiting for a non-tenure track instructional faculty member in the area of Community Development. We seek candidates whose expertise complements the existing strengths of the faculty, and are especially interested in areas such as... Read Full Listing Director of Programs, Mile High Connects ● Mile High Connects is a broad collaborative of private, public, nonprofit organizations, and community leaders committed to ensuring that all residents of the Metro Denver region have access to affordable transit, affordable housing, and economic opportunity. The Director of Programs will collaborate with the Executive Director and senior leadership to develop and execute strategic direction and... Read Full Listing Director of Real Estate Development ● Home City Development Inc. is seeking a strong, experienced, enthusiastic, entrepreneurial real estate professional to manage a large pipeline of on-going and potential real estate projects in Western Massachusetts. We are a mission-based, non-profit dedicated to building better neighborhoods... Read Full Listing Program Fellow ● Enterprise is seeking a Program Fellow to primarily work with the Connected Communities Team in the Northern California office to advance our regional program and policy work. This work includes research, data analysis, communications, technical assistance, and grants and contracts administration. Our regional work aims to... Read Full Listing Fellowship for Democratizing Disaster Planning, Recovery and Resilience ● Enterprise is seeking a talented individual to join the San Francisco market office as a Senior Fellow in Democratizing Disaster Recovery and Resilience. The Fellow must be a creative problem solver with excellent organizational skills, the ability to create collaborations, work independently, attention to detail, a willingness to take a leadership role, and... Read Full Listing Program Director, Cultural Resilience ● Enterprise is seeking a Cultural Resilience Program Director. The ideal candidate will be an experienced creative practitioner with cross-disciplinary expertise in placemaking, social determinants of health, community development, cultural anthropology, participatory research or community-engaged... Read Full Listing Click here to post a job! More Jobs Real Estate Director ● Fenway CDC Executive Director ● Center for Neighborhoods Senior Staff Attorney ● New Economy Project Real Estate Development Coordinator ● Working In Neighborhoods Editor, Miriam Axel-Lute Managing Editor, Lillian M. Ortiz Senior Editor/Development Manager, Keli A. 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