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The Community Foundation of Jackson Hole's Housing Solutions Initiative brings together cross-sector partners to address local housing affordability and accessibility using the Urban Institute’s Policy and Systems Change Compass. This collaboration offers early lessons for other communities looking to develop a similar collective to address local challenges’ root causes.
Emergency Rental Assistance programs supported more than 3 million renter households with lower incomes during the pandemic. How can state and local governments continue to support housing stability for renters while learning from these programs?
Across the country, aging affordable housing presents challenges for residents and housing providers alike. Not only are older buildings expensive to maintain, but deferred maintenance also drives up utility costs, leads to health and safety issues, and erodes affordability.
Over the past 70 years, Baltimore has experienced population decline and disinvestment that has resulted in a high number of vacant properties. Through a whole-block redevelopment strategy, $3 billion in cross-sector investments, and strong community engagement, the city cut vacancy by 21 percent
Fair Chance housing laws attempt to reduce barriers to affordable housing for people with criminal records. States could make these laws more effective by improving outreach, education, and enforcement.
Milwaukee’s Reclaiming Our Neighborhoods coalition is using community-driven data to identify housing needs, hold absentee landlords accountable, and advocate for equitable investment—one parcel at a time.
Automatically sealing or expunging criminal and eviction records—especially those that are inaccurate, misleading, acquitted or dismissed—can reduce the negative economic and social effects for those with court records, giving those in need of stable housing a better chance of finding it.