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Disaster Recovery Requires Community Care—But Also Government Support

NonProfit Quarterly

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, Scott Turner, initially refused the $225 million relief plan drafted by the city of Asheville , saying that it includes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) criteria in its prioritization of aid for those who were most impacted by the storm.The plan has since been revised.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

She has spearheaded innovation in heart and stroke prevention with AHA active in more than 100 countries. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. AHA has invested more than $5.9 billion to accelerate scientific discoveries and drive innovation using new technologies.

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How to Recharge a Nonprofit-Led Affordable Housing Delivery System

NonProfit Quarterly

Here it is important to understand that nonprofits have traditionally focused on the housing aftermarket—the platforms, processes, public policy, and market activity that brings distressed and defaulted mortgaged property back to market. billion in development activity.

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??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

NonProfit Quarterly

All these popular amenities and activities were conceived and constructed in close collaboration with residents. Flora and fauna were thriving, and its water was as clean as other urban lakes. Summit Lake welcomes people into nature with activities like weekly guided canoe trips. Resident fear abated.

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We Must Be Founders

Stanford Social Innovation Review

What if we had a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that took its mandate to ensure human flourishing rather than real estate profit? I invite you to imagine with me what this would look like.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

But while the shift from passive beneficiary to active customer represents increased agency, this line of thinking presupposes that the poor will remain so for the foreseeable future; the objective is simply to maximize their purchasing power at still-low income levels.

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Whose Capital? Our Capital! The Power of Workers’ Pensions for the Common Good

NonProfit Quarterly

million active working members and 12 million public employee retirees, 5 because many pension funds are “underfunded.” As unions head into bargaining, they should have fully developed proposals geared to moving pension money away from harmful investments and into good community ones. Connecting to broader fights and movements.