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The Devils in the Details: Implementing the New Fair Housing Rules
Dan Immergluck, Georgia Tech and
Mindy Kao, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
HUD's new regulations on "affirmatively furthering fair housing" were eagerly anticipated and long awaited. But will they be able to do what they set out to do? Here are four practical challenges that will need to be overcome for the regulations to even be fully implemented . . . More
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Mixed Messages to Nonprofits from FHA
By Jeffrey Yuen, New Jersey Community Capital
Last week, FHA announced changes to its program that sells pools of severely delinquent FHA-insured mortgages to investors. Most of the changes will help provide more protection for vulnerable homeowners seeking to avoid foreclosure, but one may have unintended consequences . . . More
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Payday Lending Regs Should Be a Federal Matter
Bill Bynum, HOPE Credit Union
Like other states with Jim Crow legacies, Alabama has a disproportionately large concentration of payday lenders per capita. But last month, those financiers were dealt a new blow in the fight for a fair deal for consumers . . . More
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Cooperatives Gain Ground in Communities of Color
Steve Dubb, The Democracy Collaborative
Cooperatives, once largely overlooked in the community development field, are now an important part of community wealth building discussions. Where and how is this shift bringing greater numbers of communities of color into the co-op fold? More
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Why not require zoning to be changed more easily, with two-year plans, not five- to eight-year plans, that allow developers to . . . --Marc Pasquini, more . . .
The author takes a strange argumentative turn where he actually grants that supply does bring housing costs down, and notices that the easiest, fastest way to add supply is to build sprawl, and then argues that sprawl is bad. He's right on both counts, but he glides over why it's so easy to . . . --Sonja, more . . .
Someone please tell me in language that a child can understand: How can I be born onto land and not have access to it to live on it? Why have we turned shelter into a profit driven business? We need . . . --Jill, more . . .
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Program Officer
Program Officers are local technical assistance providers who have a wide variety of skill sets throughout LISC's network including: community engagement; program management and implementation ; contract management; workforce development . . . Read Full Listing
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Community Organizer/Developer
The HANDS Community Organizer will work directly with senior staff, community residents, partnering organizations, businesses, and municipal officials to develop relationships, increase participation by stakeholders, and identify and nurture . . . Read Full Listing
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Affordable Housing Development
Senior Project Manager
New Destiny connects at-risk, low-income families to safe, permanent housing and services. The Senior Project Manager's responsibilities will include: assisting in site selection, feasibility analysis; negotiating acquisition terms and contracts with team . . . Read Full Listing
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Senior Director, Housing Policy
The Senior Director, Housing Policy operates with a high level of independence under general supervision of the SVP, Public Policy and Legislative Affairs. Proactively identifies and communicates with NW leadership and staff emerging and ongoing policy trends, issues and proposals that could impact . . . Read Full Listing
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Project Manager III
The Project Manager III, under the direction and supervision of RCD's Director of Housing Development, will have primary responsibility for a full range of development activities relating to affordable multifamily housing development projects . . . Read Full Listing
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Center for Health, Environment
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Murtaza Baxamusa
Sol Price School of Public Policy, USC
Housing Assistance Council
USC Price School of Public Policy
Janis Bowdler
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
HOPE Credit Union
Burlington Associates
Texas Low Income Housing Information Service
Planner, Louisa County, Va.
Tulane University
Habitat for Humanity
National Urban League
CFED
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
NCRC
San Francisco Community
Land Trust
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