Online Event: EDA Webinar on New Grants Process | December 8 at 12:30pm
The U.S. Economic Development Administration recently launched a new grants process. This webinar will cover EDA's new forms and details on how to apply for funding. To join the webinar, click here. By phone, call (800) 832-0736 and reference conference #1844263.
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Gentrification Is More Widespread Than You Think
Josh Ishimatsu, National CAPACD
People like to say that gentrification is limited to a few hot markets. Here's why that may be wrong . . . More
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Doubling Down on Community Resilience
Denise Fairchild, Emerald Cities Collaborative
Last month, I argued that place-based community development can make low-income neighborhoods more resilient to climate crises. A commenter countered that my article undermined "mobility" strategies, which move poor families out of struggling low-income neighborhoods. This is not a contest: Both community development and mobility strategies have merit. But . . . More
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Addressing Social Segregation in Mixed-Income Communities
Derek Hyra, American University
Living next to each other does not necessarily mean getting to know each other. Here's how to make that happen . . . More
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The New Rent Control Wars
Randy Shaw, Tenderloin Housing Clinic
The November 4 Alameda City Council meeting broke out in violence, with a city official assaulting a tenant activist and the police arresting two tenants for the "crime" of advocating for rent control. Welcome to the latest unlikely battleground in the new rent control wars . . . More
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Think Manufacturing Is Dead in Detroit? Think Again
Brittany Hutson, freelance writer and editor
How the nonprofit Focus: HOPE is bringing manufacturing back to Detroit . . . with staff on its own payroll . . . More
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"An Uber driver may not be raking in the cash they were led to believe, but if they are making money off of a depreciating asset that others are not, we can't consider it a total loss . . . If being a ride-hailing driver is the doom-and-gloom story you're portraying here, then why are so many drivers celebrating when a municipality welcomes them into their city?" --Chris L, more
"I love that Uber just opens shop wherever they want to. Our legacy cities are so crushingly bureaucratic and corrupt, we need ways to allow technology to get people the services and jobs that are part of the new economy. Sure we should pressure new technology jobs to take care of their workers, but it is foolish to try to shut down a whole new technology until they are perfect." --Marcia Nedland, more
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"I fully believe that services that operate like Uber and Lyft are the future of taxi services . . .
My point was they can, and should, be made to do business in a non-exploitative fashion that respects their workers. And I don't actually believe there's anything to stop a socially responsible alternative (note that in Seattle there would have been an alternative if it hadn't been shut down), especially if we didn't give the bad actors unfair advantages . . . Please do follow the links to the Driving for Dignity site to see the stories of some of the drivers." --Miriam Axel-Lute, more
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Q: Do inclusionary housing requirements make housing prices go up for everyone else?
A: No, they do not.
Market-rate developers are business people. They charge as much as the market will bear. When housing prices go up, they charge more; when housing prices go down, they ask less. Developers are "price-takers" not "price-setters" because they only control a tiny share of the housing market. A large majority of rental and for-sale housing is located in existing buildings, not in brand-new buildings, limiting the influence of new housing, and inclusionary requirements, on home prices.
The Answer is for you to use. You can download a PDF to print here!
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President and Chief Executive Officer National Low Income Housing Coalition
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated solely to achieving socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes. Founded in 1974 by Cushing N. Dolbeare, NLIHC educates, organizes and advocates to ensure decent, affordable housing for everyone. NLIHC's goals are . . . Read Full Listing
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Shelterforce magazine, the voice of community development, is seeking a sharp, organized, detail-oriented, flexible, cause-driven person to join our small editorial staff. We are a 40-year-old nonprofit that publishes both online and in print, serving practitioners working in the fields of affordable housing, community development and reinvestment, community organizing, community planning, creative placemaking, progressive urban planning, community economic development, racial and economic equity and justice, and related fields and movements . . . Read Full Listing
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Center for Health, Environment & Justice
Housing Assistance Council
USC Price School of Public Policy
Janis Bowdler
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
HOPE Credit Union
Burlington Associates
Democracy Collaborative
Fund for Public Schools
Planner, Louisa County, Va.
Opportunity Agenda
Tulane University
Habitat for Humanity
National Urban League
CFED
ACLU Maryland
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
San Francisco Community
Land Trust
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