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The RHS team is always eager to share news about our myriad partners' efforts to address affordable housing for newcomers and others in the U.S. "Churching NIMBYs: Creating Affordable Housing on Church Property," which was published in the Yale Law Journal features original analysis of data held by the University of Notre Dame's Church Properties Initiative to quantify the potential impact of faith-based properties on housing supply in two key markets: Oakland, CA, and Chicago, IL. Download the paper: https://lnkd.in/eB_V3nZu  

A jolting moment of awareness: What reconciliation requires            Here’s a link to my piece in the June issue of Broadview Magazine. I describe a moment when I was jolted into awareness of my unconsciously colonial thinking, and was challenged to change. Drawn from my memoir, Meeting My Treaty Kin: A Journey Toward Reconciliation, it nicely illustrates the four As required for reconciliation (Awareness, Acknowledgement, Atonement, Action) that Jody Wilson-Raybould lays out in True Reconciliation. https://lnkd.in/df8seHHT

How has redlining impacted affordable housing today? Nathan Connolly defines redlining in our short documentary, Unconventional Affordable Housing: Yes In My Backyard. Nathan is a Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University. Watch the full video here: https://ow.ly/6jBC50SB4HI #affordablehousing #redlining #housingforall

⭐️𝙒𝙀𝙀𝙆𝙀𝙉𝘿 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂⭐️ 🗞️ In this recently published paper, Camila Cociña and Alexandre Apsan Frediani of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), discuss how adopting a 'housing justice' lens can open up new possibilities for policy and practice to create fairer housing systems. Their 'justice lens' proposes: • Anti-discriminatory housing policy and practice • Radically democratic forms of housing production • Housing as an infrastructure for better cities, and • Expanded visions for housing futures Read the paper to learn how we can transform unfair and unsustainable housing systems that are failing the majority of the world's population and fuelling the current global housing crisis. 👉 https://bit.ly/4bnoj2S

A Southern Community in Crisis - By Randolph B. Campbell Shop on Legacy of Texas: https://lnkd.in/g-Y8Xm-6 Historians have published countless studies of the American Civil War and following era of Reconstruction. This study differs in its focus on how ordinary people experienced the years from 1861 to 1876. With this in mind, what did secession, civil war, emancipation and Reconstruction mean at the local level in Texas? How much change did the era bring to Harrison County: a cotton-growing, planter-dominated community with the largest slave population of any county in the state?

Testimony before the U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM SUBCOMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES Regarding “A Threat to America’s Children: The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability” On January 14, 2020, HUD released a proposed rule redefining how jurisdictions will be expected to comply with the AFFH component of the Fair Housing Act.43 The proposed rule effectively eliminates the AFFH mandate of the Fair Housing Act and discards the equity and opportunity lenses that were key to the 2015 AFFH rule HUD seeks to replace. The proposed rule is premised on the notion that if jurisdictions remove the “barriers” to affordable housing development and let the market operate without constraints, it will solve their affordable housing problems and that, in turn, will solve our fair housing problems. It does not acknowledge systemic discrimination or segregation in any way and it completely ignores the connection between where one lives and the opportunities they may or may not have as a result. It ignores the multitude of disparities that have been created and fostered by persistent segregation or the role that decisions concerning the placement and design of housing and community development investments have on producing them. It has virtually no reference to protected classes and it does not require jurisdictions to provide meaningful explanations for how their housing and community development decisions will address the issues they choose to prioritize. For more information, please see - J. Soto Testimony - 2020.02.05 FINAL (congress.gov) - it is a pretty lengthy reading.... smile This is what folks have to look forward to IF.... https://lnkd.in/g7gZxT6H

Associate Professor of Law Rev. Patrick Reidy, C.S.C., was quoted in the Vox article, "Yes in God’s Backyard? This Housing Solution May Be the Answer to Your Prayers," which discusses the growing movement where churches and faith-based organizations use their underutilized land to build affordable housing. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/grZRFBkb Fr. Reidy, who also co-directs Notre Dame's Church Properties Initiative, elaborates on this topic in his recent Yale Law Journal article "Churching NIMBYs: Creating Affordable Housing on Church Property." He explores how leveraging church property can combat local resistance and provides strategies to navigate legal, social, and financial challenges. Read his article here: https://lnkd.in/gppD7hKV

On March 8th, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the updated, web-based, Equal Access Assessment Tool (EAAT). The EAAT can play a crucial role in promoting accountability, identifying areas for improvement, and supporting organizations in their efforts to provide inclusive and equitable services to individuals accessing shelter and services in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. This blog provides an overview of the tool, what it assesses, and why it’s important. While mandated for specific HUD funded programs, the EAAT can be used by all organizations providing shelter and services to assess whether their practices and procedures align with legal requirements and best practices for providing equal access to shelter and services. The assessment is an important first step in assessing strengths, identifying opportunities for improvement, and developing action steps to ensure the provision of inclusive and equitable services in Mecklenburg County.

"Decades on, “fair housing” is a bedrock principle in American communities. But the concept has significantly evolved since the term initially emerged in 1968." As we continue to highlight the importance of the Fair Housing Act this month, WakeUP Board Secretary and housing advocate Hattie Gawande takes a look at the history of this act and how it impacts us locally today. Learn more in our latest blog: https://buff.ly/3Ujytft