Will Closing Liquor Stores Reduce Violent Crime in Baltimore?

Week of Monday, May 20 In This Issue: ● Can Using a Racial Equity Lens Increase Capital in Communities of Color? ● How to Have Conversations About Homelessness ● Closing Liquor Stores, Hoping to Gain Public Health ● The Uncertain Flood Zone ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events + The Uncertain Flood Zone Joel Scata, Natural Resources Defense Council Millions of families live in homes that are susceptible to flooding, though they might not know it because FEMA isn't providing accurate flood maps and more access to data to increase resilience. That's because… Read Full Article Closing Liquor Stores, Hoping to Gain Public Health Amanda Abrams, Shelterforce Health Fellow A new zoning code in Baltimore will reduce the number of liquor stores in the city in hopes of reducing the violent crime rate. Will there be unintended consequences? Read Full Article Can Using a Racial Equity Lens Increase Capital in Communities of Color? Joe Neri, IFF If CDFIs adopt the standard of using appraisals to determine our loan amounts, we would make very few loans in the communities we were founded to serve. Read Full Article "So, What do you do?" How to Have Conversations About Homelessness Korrin L. Bishop, Abt Associates Conversations about homelessness with those outside the field's bubble can be exhausting, but there are several strategies and techniques that can help steer the conversation in a productive way. Read Full Article Shelter Shorts—the Week in Community Development Shelterforce Staff This week: Facial Recognition Tech and Communities | The Trauma Effects of Hurricane Maria on Children in Puerto Rico | Childcare at Council Meetings | A New Health Care Partnership | Rural America | A Blow to Gig Economy Workers | And More Quick Takes From Our Editors Lighter than your laptop, bigger than your smartphone, instant power on, works anywhere you go! Subscribe to Shelterforce in print!  Shelterforce, the original voice of community development! Industry News Jackson S. Brossy has become the new executive director of the Native CDFI Network. Previously, Brossy served as head of federal relations for the Navajo Nation government. He also worked for the National Congress of American Indians, specializing in economic development policy. Brossy is preceded by Tanya Fiddler. Alan Jenkins will be stepping down as president of The Opportunity Agenda at the end of June. He will teach law, communication, and social justice as a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School, as well as pursue fiction and non-fiction writing. Jenkins leaves The Opportunity Agenda after 13 years as president and co-founder. Events Wednesday, June 5, 2 p.m. ET | Addressing Transportation to Improve Community Health Webinar | Hear about the St. Louis Flourish program and the Baltimore City Rideshare program. Presented by All In: Data for Community Health. Learn more and register here. We only list free events of national interest here. To learn about advertising click here. Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... You Said It! On Designing for Climate Change Clara Keefe Coleman: This is a fascinating article — thanks for the information and the good work of ULI! Read More On Does Airbnb Cause Rents to Increase? Brandon Born: Michael, it's not that complicated for growing areas. Let me give a Seattle example. Almost all new housing is built for our rapidly growing population. These new people make significantly more (see: tech sector) than the people who live(d) in the city. So developers build for the high end of the market. Given that there isn't enough housing already and... Read More Jeff Levin: If demand is increasing, then new supply doesn't necessarily reduce prices, supply has to increase faster than demand. New supply might moderate the rate of increase in rents, but that's not going to solve the problems of millions of... Read More Drew Curtis: New housing supply alone does not reduce rents; it needs to be new housing supply for all incomes and not just new housing supply at market rates, which is typically what is... Read More On Time to Delink Homeownership From Asset Building Jeff Levin: It is indeed useful to be reminded that homeowners build wealth in more than one way. There is the appreciation of home values, with all the drawbacks that have been noted in the article. But even in the absence of substantial appreciation, there is still significant wealth accumulation over time as the principal balance of the mortgage is paid down. Ideally... Read More In Case You Missed It Reawakening "Courageous Philanthropy" Vermont's SASH Program Keeps Seniors in Their Homes Decommodifying Housing Without Reproducing American Apartheid  Working Things Out With Your Artist Partners Q: What Do All These Housing Affordability Terms Mean?  Are We Being Half-Hearted About Fighting Segregation?  Medicaid Dollars for Housing Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! Jobs Senior and Junior Policy Analysts ● The Inclusivity Institute is seeking qualified applicants for two positions: Senior Policy Analyst and Junior Policy Analyst.  The Institute is a new non-profit organization based in Carmel, Indiana, with nationwide connections and expertise. The Institute seeks to promote economic and racial integration and to... Read Full Listing Director of Real Estate ● The Memphis Medical District Collaborative (MMDC) is seeking a senior level position to join our team and manage and grow our real estate portfolio. MMDC seeks applicants who have an understanding and history of developing, difficult, small to mid-sized real estate projects in existing urban contexts. 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