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How to Recharge a Nonprofit-Led Affordable Housing Delivery System

NonProfit Quarterly

Elevated mortgage interest rates, rising home prices, and a record-low supply of available homes are impacting local housing markets across the country. This shift disrupted the balance in the housing market that had made homes affordable for many Americans. What’s behind Growing Investor Dominance in Housing?

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. She is credited with coordinating the university’s strategic planning and marketing efforts at the four KU campuses. She is an experienced executive who runs a $1 billion business and entrepreneur who sees an issue and brings partners together to remediate the problem.

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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

Asserting that the poorest people in the world actually represent a huge consumer market—a core concept that has underpinned much of the philanthropic and social innovation universe—not only promised more and better products for the poor, but also greater dignity by being treated as a customer.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

Today, residents and park visitors enjoy Summit Lake in myriad ways, such as canoeing and kayaking, fishing, community gardening, enjoying music and arts programming, shopping at a farmers’ market, and visiting a nature center. A bike and walking path that circles the lake will soon be added.

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How Mobile Home Owners Organize for Land Ownership and Climate Resiliency

NonProfit Quarterly

Instead, contemporary manufactured homes are regulated under a strict code from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). To…be truly responsive to the changing climate, mobile home owners need the power to own their land. And the average construction cost of a manufactured home is just $90,000.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

Given my work, it specifically focuses on university-driven urban development. The notion of “smart” has often focused on technological innovations and sustainable design, and I asked: What about the people—the diverse and marginalized communities that struggle to maintain sustainable lives in changing urban locales?