Where Anti-Displacement Organizing Should Start

In This Issue: Anti-Displacement Organizing Should Start Here ● Bike Lanes Aren't Just a White Thing ● Trickle Up Housing: Filtering Does Go Both Ways ● Also: Jobs ● Industry News ● Events ● In Case You Missed It +

Week of December 9 In This Issue: Anti-Displacement Organizing Should Start Here ● Bike Lanes Aren't Just a White Thing ● Trickle Up Housing: Filtering Does Go Both Ways ● Also: Jobs ● Industry News ● Events ● In Case You Missed It + Anti-Displacement Organizing Should Start Here Seema Agnani, National CAPACD Organizing in Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities has challenges, but their location and composition make them key in the fight against gentrification. Here’s why and what AAPI-inclusive anti-displacement organizing looks like . . . Read Full Article Bike Lanes Aren't Just a White Thing Terrence T. McDonald, Reporter Neighborhoods of color are often more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists, but they are also often left behind when local officials redesign streets to make them safer. How can we change this? Read Full Article From the Shelterforce archive: Trickle Up Housing: Filtering Does Go Both Ways Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce Building homes for extremely low-income people allows other homes to filter up to people in need—a better bet than waiting for luxury units to trickle down. Read Full Article Events Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2 p.m. ET | Inclusionary Housing Policies: Incentives and Lessons from Atlanta | A Grounded Solutions Network webinar on how Inclusionary Housing programs work and the city of Atlanta’s Inclusionary Housing Program. Register here. Resources The Center for Active Design has released their newest publication, Healthcare: A Cure for Housing, which calls for accelerated investments connecting healthcare and affordable housing. The report features six case studies, each highlighting a different healthcare stakeholder. We only list free events and resources of national interest. To learn about advertising, click here. Double the Value of Your Donation Today! From now until December 31 every dollar you donate to Shelterforce will be doubled by NewsMatch* up to $1,000!! And if you set up a new recurring donation, the whole year of your donations will be matched, up to $1,000.  *NewsMatch is a national matching-gift campaign to grow fundraising capacity in nonprofit newsrooms and promote giving to journalism among U.S. donors. It’s supported through an open collaborative fund at The Miami Foundation. Funders include the Democracy Fund, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation and others. You Said It On “Talking About Revitalization When All Anyone Wants to Talk About Is Gentrification” Abby Crisostomo: Nice, nuanced article about walking the fine line between advocating for community revitalization / regeneration and preventing gentrification. Via Twitter On “What If We Didn’t Have to Beg for Community Benefits?” Deyanira Zavala: Communities of color & those that have been disenfranchised for generations by historic inequities shouldn’t have to beg and plead for land. #publicland for #publicgood! Via Twitter On “YIMBY, White Privilege, and the Soul of Our Cities” Michael Lewyn: Choice (b) sounds a lot like “move to suburbia.” Haven’t white people (and then middle-class black people) been doing that for decades? How’s that been working out? Choice (a) sounds like . . . Read More On “Blame Zoning, Not Public Transportation, for Displacement” Beth Osborne: Everything about affordability is complex. But refusing to build what is in demand is never going to lead to affordability. That is literally impossible. Via Twitter Alliance Housing Inc: Placing life’s daily necessities within a half-mile walking distance is how we built cities for thousands of years. Via Twitter Jason Henderson: Densifying suburbs is on point and this is well articulated. Also consider all the short driving trips in suburbs that can shift to . . . Via Twitter On “What Do Housing Groups Think About Dems’ Affordable Housing Plans?” Chris: In a nation where it has been taken for granted that the government should “invest” in roads, I still find it surprising that we are tentative about whether the government should . . . Read More On “Q: Do Rent Regulations Make the Housing Crisis Worse?” Roberto Requejo: #RentControl is not the magic policy to solve every housing problem everywhere, but a tool that cities should have at their disposal for when it's needed. Via Twitter Sign up for Shelterforce Weekly! In Case You Missed It Blame Zoning, Not Public Transportation, for Displacement What Do Housing Groups Think About Dems’ Affordable Housing Plans? Incremental Change Is the Best Path for CRA Reform Why Financial Education Should Get Political Art in the Face of Gentrification What Happens When a CDC Pivots to a Health-First Focus? Looking for a Job? Scroll Down... Jobs Real Estate Development Director, Community Frameworks, Spokane, Washington ● The Real Estate Development Director supports the CEO in the implementation of the vision, mission, programmatic and business objectives of Community Frameworks (CF) as set forth by the Board of Directors. They also manage real estate activities, providing oversight and leadership to . . . Read Full Listing Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor of Real Estate Development, New Orleans, Louisiana ● The Tulane University School of Architecture is seeking qualified candidates in Real Estate Development at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. This position will support our educational mission in the teaching of real estate development at both . . . Read Full Listing Executive Director, City Roots Community Land Trust, Inc., Rochester, New York ● Reporting to a community-led Board of Directors, the Executive Director (ED) provides direction and leadership for the mission and vision of City Roots, represents the organization and its work, and manages day-to-day operations. The ED . . . Read Full Listing Executive Director, Affordable Housing, Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development, Wisconsin ● Reporting to the Board of Directors and managing a team of three, the Executive Director is responsible for ensuring that the real estate development activities and other WPHD programs advance WPHD’s mission, vision, policy and strategic . . . Read Full Listing Click here to post a job! More Jobs Real Estate Director, Boston, MA ● Planning Office for Urban Affairs Chief Executive Officer, Trenton, NJ ● Isles, Inc. Vice President, Real Estate, Detroit, MI ● Housing Partnership Network Director of Finance and Operations, Minneapolis, MN ● Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers Deputy Director, Charlottesville, VA ● Piedmont Housing Alliance Executive Director, Raleigh, NC ● Partnership To End Homelessness Editor, Miriam Axel-Lute Managing Editor, Lillian M. Ortiz Senior Editor, Keli A. Tianga Assistant Editor, Elizabeth Oguss Operations Assistant, Sam Fields Publisher, Harold Simon Made possible by the generous support of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ● Kresge Foundation ● NeighborWorks America ● Kaiser Permanente ● Bank of America Foundation ● JPMorgan Chase Foundation ● Citi Community Development ● PNC Bank Foundation● BB&T ● Valley National Bank ...and with the support of readers like you.