Our July Restoring Neighborhoods webinar featured a joint presentation from Seana O'Shaughnessy, president and CEO of Community Housing Improvement Program, and Sonya Acosta, policy analyst at the National Low Income Housing Coalition on housing disaster recovery. The 2018 California Camp Fires killed at least 86 people, destroyed 14,000 homes and cost $8 billion in damages. […]

Our June Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar featured a presentation from Elena Wilken, the executive director of Housing Colorado. Elena presented on the state of housing and housing policy in Colorado as well as Housing Colorado's Paycheck to Paycheck report, a supplemental to NHC's 2018 Paycheck to Paycheck report released earlier this year.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhjmlgFh4JM&feature=youtu.be […]

Our May Restoring Neighborhoods webinar featured a presentation from Laurie Goodman, vice president of housing finance policy at the Urban Institute, on cash out refinances. Cash out refinances are a two-edged sword. On one hand, they allow people to monetize their single largest asset— their home equity. On the other hand, cash out refinance mortgages […]

The April Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force webinar featured a presentation by Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, the digital and geospatial director of Mapping Prejudice. Mapping Prejudice uses historical data and mapping software to illuminate how Minneapolis’ past policies racially segregated the city and exacerbated racial disparities experienced today. The City of Minneapolis used the work from Mapping Prejudice […]

            The March Restoring Neighborhoods featured a presentation from Frank Relihan, senior vice president of NorthMarq Capital, who discussed the Conway Center. Owned and operated by the nonprofit So Others Might Eat, the recently completed project provides supportive and transitional housing and services to homeless individuals and at-risk families. The […]

The February meeting of the Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force featured a presentation from Emily Cadik, executive director of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition, on the Affordable Credit Improvement Act and the future of LIHTC.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvVy34KVlBM&t=125s   Speaker Emily Cadik, executive director of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition Resources Download presentation slides

The January meeting of the Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force featured a presentation from Ted Wartell, manager, Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Housing and Community Investment, on the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) Housing Goals Amendments Proposed Rule. Comments on the rule are due Jan. 31, 2019. https://youtu.be/aYpZjID3HKI Speaker Ted Wartell, manager, Federal Housing Finance Agency Office […]

The November meeting of the Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force featured a presentation from Alan Mallach, a senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress, on his new report "The Empty House Next Door." https://youtu.be/DdfYUh0Tqdk   Speaker Allan Mallach, Center for Community Progress Resources Download the Center for Community Progress' slides Download the "The Empty House Next Door" […]

The October meeting of the Restoring Neighborhoods Task Force featured a presentation from Danielle Lewinski, vice president and director of Michigan Initiatives at the Center for Community Progress (CCP), and Tracey Evans, executive director of the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corporation, on CCP's new report, “Creative Placemaking On Vacant Properties: Lessons Learned from Four Cities.” The […]