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Ashon Nesbitt’s Florida Housing Coalition is enhancing affordable housing by integrating climate-resilient construction and designs with the Community Land Trust (CLT) model and promoting “missing middle” housing, such as duplexes and triplexes. Through its CLT Certification Program, the coalition standardizes the operations of CLTs across Florida, boosting CLT credibility and lender appeal. This approach ensures long-term affordability and climate resilience in communities. Ashon is a Featured Innovator in the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge, from Economic Architecture and the Brookings Institution. Innovators across the U.S. are pursuing innovations with the potential to address the devaluation of homes in Black-majority neighborhoods. Meet the Innovators: https://lnkd.in/gY5tCpWk 

We’re thrilled to share the Featured Innovators selected in the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge from Economic Architecture and The Brookings Institution. As Featured Innovators, these individuals and their innovations are driving meaningful change and promoting racial equity in the housing market. Please join us in celebrating the potential impact of these innovators across the country. Read more about each person and their innovation here: https://lnkd.in/gY5tCpWk Ashon Nesbitt (Florida Housing Coalition)  Cat Goughnour, MSc (Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD))  Daniel Smith, MBA (Keepingly® )  Doug Ryan (Grounded Solutions Network)  Edward Gaston (Mission More Inc.)  Gabe Ewing del Rio, CMB, AMP (Homeownership Council of America)  Gregory Miller (Center for Land Economics)  Habsa Aydid (Gentriguard)  John W. Haines (Community Investment Trust) Junia Howell (eruka)  Justin Romeo, P.E. (Center for Neighborhood Technology)  Kyle Kamrooz (Bonus Homes)  Louis Byrd (zanago)  Lutalo McGee (Ani Appraisal Management)   Manohar Patole (Plank Road Community Land Bank and Trust)  Marcus Martin (Homium)  Noni Session (East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative)  Sipho Simela (Matrix Rental Solutions)  Tamara Knox (Frolic Community)  Taylor Grandchamp (ValueCheck/Property Insight)  Vernon Jay (EquityCoin)  Wissam Akra (Tough Leaf)

We’re thrilled to share the Featured Innovators selected in the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge from Economic Architecture and The Brookings Institution. As Featured Innovators, these individuals and their innovations are driving meaningful change and promoting racial equity in the housing market. Please join us in celebrating the potential impact of these innovators across the country. Read more about each person and their innovation here: https://lnkd.in/gY5tCpWk Ashon Nesbitt (Florida Housing Coalition)  Cat Goughnour, MSc (Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD))  Daniel Smith, MBA (Keepingly® )  Doug Ryan (Grounded Solutions Network)  Edward Gaston (Mission More Inc.)  Gabe Ewing del Rio, CMB, AMP (Homeownership Council of America)  Gregory Miller (Center for Land Economics)  Habsa Aydid (Gentriguard)  John W. Haines (Community Investment Trust) Junia Howell (eruka)  Justin Romeo, P.E. (Center for Neighborhood Technology)  Kyle Kamrooz (Bonus Homes)  Louis Byrd (zanago)  Lutalo McGee (Ani Appraisal Management)   Manohar Patole (Plank Road Community Land Bank and Trust)  Marcus Martin (Homium)  Noni Session (East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative)  Sipho Simela (Matrix Rental Solutions)  Tamara Knox (Frolic Community)  Taylor Grandchamp (ValueCheck/Property Insight)  Vernon Jay (EquityCoin)  Wissam Akra (Tough Leaf)

Junia Howell, Founder of eruka, connects current location-based home appraisal methods to the desire to link a property’s value to the racial composition of the surrounding neighborhood. Although the specific processes have changed over time, she says, neighborhood racial composition remains central to appraisal methodologies. Junia and her team have created a revised appraising methodology and are introducing a new approach and associated mobile application, eppraiser, which scans properties and uses big data to derive the remaining lifespan of each construction component (e.g., windows, water heaters, and flooring).   Learn more about how transforming appraising methods can challenge longstanding racial inequities in home values: https://lnkd.in/eGbde7YN Junia is one of the innovators participating in the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge. See all the promising innovations in the Challenge here: https://lnkd.in/e7pA4pwW

We are grateful for the opportunity to learn from over 4,000 organizations, 75 interviews, and dozens of innovators who have graciously shared their time with us this year. Economic Architecture wishes you all a restful end of the year and holiday season!

Homeownership demands ongoing maintenance, financial investments, and monitoring of complex systems to ensure long-term sustainability. By equipping homeowners with practical tools, educational resources, and a supportive network, Keepingly® helps homeowners protect and grow their property values over time. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e3WhXN38 Led by founder Daniel Smith, MBA, one of the innovators participating in the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge, Keepingly also partners with realtors and housing counselors to ensure that new homeowners have access to tools and knowledge that help them make the most of their assets. See all of the promising innovations in the Challenge here: https://lnkd.in/e7pA4pwW

Today is the last day to submit an application and participate in the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge— a powerful opportunity to make a meaningful impact on equitable housing and address critical issues in Black communities. We’d love to see your ideas! Join the challenge today for a chance to secure prize funding, showcase your innovation to key stakeholders, and build meaningful connections to drive your impact forward: https://lnkd.in/e7pA4pwW - with The Brookings Institution, Brookings Metro, Andre M. Perry, Stuart Yasgur

A comprehensive mapping effort and collaborative challenge is currently underway to help address the devaluation of homes in Black-majority neighborhoods. Read the latest research from Economic Architecture and The Brookings Institution / Brookings Metro and learn from Featured Innovators in the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge here: https://lnkd.in/e9zwbvDW The Challenge deadline is December 16. Learn more and join today: https://lnkd.in/e7pA4pwW

FIVE DAYS LEFT TO APPLY! Economic Architecture and The Brookings Institution are hosting the Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge to surface structural innovations and invite more movers to a place in the arena of action. Innovators who apply to the collaborative challenge will have the opportunity to share and learn from each other during the application process and co-entrepreneurship phase. The challenge will also distribute at least $500k in prize funds to accelerate the best market and policy-based innovations with structural impact. Join the Challenge Today: https://lnkd.in/e7pA4pwW

Homium’s innovative shared equity models makes homeownership attainable for more households across a broad income spectrum. As Chief Impact Officer and Valuing Homes in Black Communities Challenge participant, Marcus Martin is partnering with mission-driven organizations and investors and reinvesting repaid funds within the same communities. This creates a continuous cycle of wealth-building opportunities for these homeowners.  https://lnkd.in/eJi7F__x Do you have a structural innovation that can advance equity and transform housing markets? Join the Challenge, hosted by Economic Architecture and The Brookings Institution, and submit an entry by December 16!  https://lnkd.in/e7pA4pwW