Wells Fargo Foundation, Grounded Solutions Network, Center for Community Progress Launch National Catalytic Land Initiative
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We are pleased to announce that Grounded Solutions Network has joined with the Center for Community Progress and the Wells Fargo Foundation to launch ‘Catalytic Access to & Use of Land for Lasting Affordability,’ a 36-month national initiative to convert public properties into assets for permanently affordable housing production in emerging neighborhoods.
Atlanta, Houston, and Portland (OR) were selected as a three-city cohort for the Catalytic Land Initiative and will receive technical assistance, strategic planning, peer learning and community engagement support, with a specific focus on benefitting their existing populations of color who are at significant risk of involuntary displacement.
With an initial $700K in funding support for the first year of cohort activities provided by the Wells Fargo Foundation, the Catalytic Land Cohort will:
- Engage local community stakeholders – and particularly communities of color – to understand and influence the creation of new tools and policies to implement their existing community land use and housing plans
- Expand a robust network of relationships among national community development experts, peer communities and experienced practitioners
- Leverage portfolios of public properties in support of existing Community Land Trust housing programs that provide lasting affordability
Catalytic Land Cohort representatives and stakeholders are scheduled to convene for the first time to launch the initiative in October during the 2019 Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference in Atlanta.
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Where we live matters.
We bring together an extensive network of partners and member practitioners from local communities who have a deep understanding of best practices in community land trusts, shared equity housing, local housing policies such as inclusionary zoning, and more.
At Grounded Solutions Network, we know what policies and strategies work to build and preserve housing opportunities, and we help communities use them.
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