NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Policies such as redlining , as highlighted in Richard Rothsteins The Color of Law , created entrenched housing inequities. Additionally, millions of Americans reside in manufactured housing communities, often called mobile home parks, which do provide affordable housing.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

Nonprofit governance and management Manufacturing Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 102

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

An underappreciated tool for closing this gap—potentially benefitting millions of US households—involves resident-owned manufactured housing communities. A Freddie Mac Multifamily survey conducted in 2019 estimated 45,000 manufactured housing communities operating across the United States.

Manufacturing 116

Manufacturing Finance Nonprofit governance and management Law 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 3, 2025

To ensure mutualism thrives in the next generation, communities need laws, regulations, practices, and capital markets that encourage solidarity and investment outside of any given silo. The left has often undercut a notion of a mutualist future by insisting that every problem needs a large centralized government solution.

Nonprofit governance and management 125

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Insurance Social Enterprise 125

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. The co-op movement in Puerto Rico comprises a range of credit unions, youth co-ops, and co-ops in many other sectors, including farming, trade, manufacturing, services, transportation, and housing.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2023

Image Credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang In August 2018, the first legislation explicitly naming worker-owned cooperatives—the Main Street Employee Ownership Act—became United States federal law. 26 Its contemporary application is well articulated by Ohio State law professor Amna A. Leadership isn’t just an organizational value.

Public Policy 97

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 97

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Part of this work involves connecting people with lived experiences of homelessness, precarious rentals, and manufactured housing with homeowners fearing gentrification and displacement. Democratic governance models such as CLTs, co-ops, and mutual housing might mollify some community opposition, but policy change is imperative.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 131

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The city fully embraces Gemeinwesenarbeit, a German term that refers to community development. Social workers are deployed in eight quarters throughout Darmstadt to organize meetings, promote community engagement and provide assistance with government processes. But housing is just one layer.

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Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 92