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** UPDATED HOUSING AND DISCRIMINATION RESOURCE LIST
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The Alliance for Housing Solutions has updated our non-comprehensive collection of readings, videos, and other resources to help guide an understanding of the history of racism and housing discrimination—in both the U.S. and in Arlington—as well as ways to become an anti-racist individual or organization.
Thank you for joining us in the important work of making Arlington a place where people of all walks of life are truly welcome and can afford to live.
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** NEW RESOURCES
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Virginia Mortgage Relief
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** Struggling to pay your mortgage due to COVID-19? Virginia Housing is launching the Virginia Mortgage Relief Program, which will provide homeowners with assistance to prevent and/or ease mortgage delinquencies, defaults, foreclosures, and displacement due to financial hardship caused by the pandemic. Virginia Homeowners will be able to request assistance when the program launches in early fall 2021.
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** The State of the Nation's Housing Report
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** A new report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University ([link removed]) reveals how the pandemic has impacted housing and how much more work we have to do to build back better. The report's five major findings include:
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** The national housing supply is at historic lows.
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** Home prices are rising quickly.
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** Rents are down sharply for high-end apartments in some high-cost urban markets.
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** Renters and people of color fared the worst during the pandemic.
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** The number of people experiencing homelessness grew for the fifth straight year in 2020.
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** UPCOMING EVENTS
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Save the Date: 2021 Ellen M. Bozman Awards (Virtual)
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** Sunday, November 14 • 7–8:30 p.m
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** The Ellen M. Bozman Affordable Housing Award is given annually in recognition of organizations and/or individuals who demonstrate a commitment to the preservation of housing affordability in Arlington. In this way, we hope to highlight and encourage the work in which AHS founder Ellen Bozman so strongly believed.
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** The Virtual Summit for Housing Changemakers
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** September 20 – October 8
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** Over three weeks this fall, Up for Growth ([link removed]) 's virtual summit will feature more than 20 speakers with real-world experience in pro-housing politics and policy. Local, state, and federal government officials and leading experts at the intersection of housing, equity, economy, and the environment will talk zoning reform, how more housing helps the environment, and why it's time to address the racial and class segregation that shaped today's housing landscape.
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** GET INVOLVED
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Join the Alliance for Housing Solutions on the platform Mobilize.io to learn, share ideas, and be part of policy discussions. You are welcome to join any of the following groups that spark your interest.
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** Housing Action Arlington
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Join this coalition to discuss local policy updates, advocate for affordable housing resources, and coordinate across housing and service providers. AHS facilitates a monthly meeting (currently via Zoom) for providers and advocates. Join here. ([link removed])
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** Missing Middle Network
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Learn about and support efforts to allow more missing middle housing through zoning and land use policy reforms. Join here. ([link removed])
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** Accessory Dwelling Discussion Group
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** Learn, discuss, and share efforts to create accessory dwellings through practical discussions, tips, and resources. Join here ([link removed]) . ([link removed])
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