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Just Released: New Inclusionary Housing Resources
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Inclusionary housing programs can be key tools for promoting racial equity and housing with lasting affordability, including shared-equity homeownership. But programs vary widely in terms of how successfully they achieve these goals. New resources from Grounded Solutions shed light on how to design the most effective inclusionary housing programs.

Drawing on data from the most comprehensive investigation of inclusionary housing to date, this Shelterforce article ([link removed]) describes characteristics of over 1,000 inclusionary housing programs across the country and provides insight into which are the most successful and why. It is based on this report ([link removed]) – the culmination of Grounded Solutions’ three-year study in partnership with Fannie Mae – that summarizes the prevalence, practice, and production of inclusionary housing programs. The data from the study is also available in Grounded Solutions’ Inclusionary Housing Map and Program Database ([link removed]) .
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Done right, inclusionary housing can be an important tool for racial equity. But what exactly does "doing it right” look like in practice? Two new reports ([link removed]) co-authored by Grounded Solutions and the Center for Mixed-Income Communities address how to best incorporate racial equity into inclusionary housing programs—both in the content of the program and in the process of developing the program.
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** Colorado Moves Toward Enabling Inclusionary Housing
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A Colorado House committee has approved a bill ([link removed]) that would remove the statewide prohibition on municipalities enacting inclusionary housing ([link removed]) requirements for rental developments. Grounded Solutions’ State & Local Policy Manager, Stephanie Reyes, provided expert testimony before the committee, drawing on Grounded Solutions’ newly-released research ([link removed]) on inclusionary housing policies across the country. If this bill is passed and local governments adopt inclusionary housing policies, it could lead to over a thousand new units with lasting affordability annually across the state.
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Training Institute Online 2021 Schedule
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Upcoming Training:
HomeKeeper for Homeownership: Basics & Beyond


** Course starts Tuesday, May 11 - Registration Deadline: Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
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This online, hands-on training will focus on basic HomeKeeper functionality and tasks, to help you become a more confident and competent HomeKeeper user. You’ll observe and practice the many ways that HomeKeeper can improve efficiency and increase capacity for homeownership programs. Organizations will also be invited to schedule 1-1 follow-up with the HomeKeeper team.

Come prepared with your HomeKeeper login, and bring ideas and questions!
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Upcoming Training:
Shared Equity Homeownership Basics and Beyond


** Course starts Thursday, June 3 - Registration Deadline: Thursday, May 27th, 2021
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More and more, communities are seeking policies that do more with less, balance individual benefits with community benefits, impact the racial homeownership gap, and make a dent in their affordable housing needs. This four-session course will help participants make the case for shared equity homeownership (SEH) in their local context, consider critical issues like racial equity and inclusion, identify the most common SEH models, and understand the local housing ecosystem necessary for success.
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Post Webinar Recording:

CLT Breakthroughs: Improved Access to Funding and Financing

On February 25, 2021, six (6) of the nation’s leading nonprofit community development organizations came together to share their visions and actions for mutual support, scalable impact, and a resilient future for organizations, families being served, and communities we are all striving to assist achieving racial equity and socioeconomic justice. This ‘CEO Circle of Color’ discussed the importance of recruiting and ascending people of color into decision-making leaders and sharing individual and collective aspirations for 2021 and beyond.
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** Covid-19 Resources:
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Center for Community Progress Covid Relief Map ([link removed])

Employee Retention Tax Credit ([link removed])

FMA's Paycheck Protection Program Toolbox ([link removed])

Top Five PPP FAQs ([link removed])

American Rescue Act Summary ([link removed])


** Member Job Listing:
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** Executive Director
Broome Community Land Trust
Location: Broome County, NY - primarily Binghamton; Remote
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** FHLBank Atlanta Announces 2021 AHP General Fund Offering
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Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) announced today that the application process for its 2021 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) General Fund round will open on April 9, 2021. FHLBank Atlanta member financial institutions and their community housing partners will be awarded up to $500,000 for individual AHP General Fund projects through a competitive application process. The deadline for submitting applications is 11:59 p.m. ET on June 4, 2021.
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** Does your organization have a housing counseling program?
Looking for a new HUD CMS?

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** HomeKeeper users can now track housing counseling workshops and one-on-one counseling alongside homeownership programs.
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Watch our new video to learn about HomeKeeper!

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Where we live matters.
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** 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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