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How to Recharge a Nonprofit-Led Affordable Housing Delivery System

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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. Currently, about 60 percent of housing stock comprises single-family homes constructed before 1980.

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

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By investing billions in affordable housing, we can start to address the growing housing crisis and help workers acquire homes, thereby further building their retirement security while creating construction jobs and stimulating local economies. 18 As AFSCME Local 3299 lays it out: B.