In This Issue: How the EU Controls Bidding Wars for Jobs and Investment ● Make the Cost of Home Something We Can All Afford ● Building Resilience and Preserving History in Charleston ● NOLA Brings a Holistic Focus to Resilience ● Also: Jobs ● Shelter Shorts ● Events +
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Katy Reckdahl, Journalist
The word “resilience” became a buzzword around Hurricane Katrina's 10th anniversary. But just resilience, which acknowledges that unjust, historical frameworks place vulnerable people at risk, helped New Orleanians build stronger communities by . . . Read Full Article
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Henry Cisneros, and Mel Martinez, Former HUD Secretaries
A new national housing affordability advocacy campaign calls on local, state, and federal officials (and candidates) to come up with credible solutions to solve the nation’s housing emergency, which includes . . . Read Full Article
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Kenneth Thomas, University of Missouri-St. Louis; and Greg LeRoy, Good Jobs First
The European Union’s rules on subsidies limit bidding wars, and make the level of incentives we have seen for Amazon, Foxconn, and other companies completely impossible. For instance, EU rules … Read Full Article
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Betsey Russell, Writer
In a South Carolina neighborhood—once a thriving center of the city’s African-American community—the growing effects of development and climate change demand an approach that addresses both issues simultaneously. Here’s what the city is doing. Read Full Article
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The 2019 National Inventory of Data Sharing Collaborations for Health is a nationwide survey conducted by Data Across Sectors for Health on behalf of All In: Data for Community Health with the goal of gathering insights from stakeholders across the country to inform a national analysis of community partnerships that are sharing cross sector data to drive population health improvement. The results will highlight opportunities to advance a common agenda that can help support and expand this crucial work. To learn more, click here.
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Melissa Monbouquette is the new deputy director of the BUILD Health Challenge. Prior to taking on this role, Monbouquette held the position of program officer at the de Beaumont Foundation.
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Thursday, June 27, 1:30 p.m ET | How To Leverage Community Investment to Achieve Health Equity | Presented by Root Cause Coalition, this webinar will feature the Center for Community Investment (CCI) discussing the Accelerating Investments for Healthy Communities Initiative. Presenters will draw on CCI’s experience with six hospitals and explore a simple framework for how hospitals, health systems, and community partners can address health inequities. To learn more and register, click here.
Wednesday, June 19, 2 p.m ET | Housing and Health: Documenting the Connection You See Everyday Webinar | Presented by Grounded Solutions Network with NeighborWorks’ Success Measures team the webinar will explore the connections between shared-equity homeownership and a wide range of health outcomes. Learn ways that you can start tracking and measuring your own program’s impact on health and well-being and hear about the latest shared-equity sector performance data. To learn more and register, click here.
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Shelterforce, the original voice of community development!
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Bob Van Meter: I agree with the previous comments. This was a great conversation that raised a lot of important issues. It would be great if Shelterforce offered all of the participants a choice to expand on their remarks in the form of longer essays that explored these issues in greater depth. The issue of cultural displacement that Vickie Been mentioned is very important. I also thought the . . . Read More
Jack: How to solve income inequality and housing shortages? Loosen building codes for existing structures that are older than 50 years. Encourage municipalities to have a public general contractor to manage renovations “at cost” for lower-income owners and low-income landlords, with financing that gets tacked on to the property taxes. Build new developments near cities “at cost of labor and wages” and sell directly “at cost” to anyone making less than 50,000 dollars a year, and . . . Read More
Murph: Enough of us taking the bus that the driver looked at me as I boarded and named my destination. Good job, team #cnu27 ! Via Twitter
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Director Office of Housing ● The City of Seattle is recruiting for a collaborative, innovative leader with a passion for creating affordable and inclusive communities to lead the Office of Housing (OH). As a visionary leader, the OH director will lead the City's efforts to increase opportunities for people of all incomes to live in our city. The director must . . . Read Full Listing
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Executive Director ● The Ironbound Community Corporation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to engage and empower individuals, families, and groups in realizing their aspirations and, together, work to create a just, vibrant and sustainable community. ICC seeks both a dedicated and strong Executive Director and a servant leader, who will inspire and motivate staff and . . . Read Full Listing
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Affordable Housing Senior Specialist ● Grounded Solutions Network is looking for an Affordable Housing Senior Specialist who will provide technical assistance, training and field tools to our diverse community development stakeholders including local/state/federal government staff, community residents, nonprofit organizations, financial industry leaders, and regional coalitions. Read Full Listing
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Training Specialist ● Grounded Solutions Network is looking for a Training Specialist who will help coordinate our annual national conference, Intersections, and grow our training program’s scale and impact by developing new curriculum that advances racial equity and meets the needs of new audiences. Read Full Listing
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Executive Director ● The Houston Housing Collaborative seeks an executive director who will be responsible for providing strategic leadership in conducting the business of the collaborative and will be responsible for all matters pertaining to the operation of the Collaborative. This person will perform all duties in... Read Full Listing
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Director, Success Measures Partnerships ● The director, Success Measures Partnerships is responsible for leading external relations and new business and partnership development for the social enterprise. This includes establishing strategies and carrying out processes and activities to secure new clients for Success Measures evaluation services and... Read Full Listing
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