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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. Dillen has litigated precedent-setting cases that have held polluters accountable and cleared the way for clean energy projects. She has the roadmap for the nation’s clean energy future. These wins include requiring the U.S.

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Disaster Recovery Requires Community Care—But Also Government Support

NonProfit Quarterly

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, Scott Turner, initially refused the $225 million relief plan drafted by the city of Asheville , saying that it includes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) criteria in its prioritization of aid for those who were most impacted by the storm.The plan has since been revised.

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Trans Refugees: What Trans People Need to Know About Finding Safety Abroad

NonProfit Quarterly

The ability to find out these types of information requires significant energy and executive functioning, which depending upon the disability, may be impossible. Likewise, I have a medical life-saving implant which will eventually need replacing, and I am unsure of whether I would be able to get a replacement easily outside the country.

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How States Can Link Up to Support Human Rights

NonProfit Quarterly

Blue states might combine to incentivize careers in teaching and healthcare, provide free college tuition to students of modest means, pool resources to address housing shortages , engage in procurement alliances, use pension funds to invest in green energy, bulk-purchase insulin, advance climate justice, and protect reproductive rights.

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Scaling Impact: How Mergers Can Advance Housing in Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Capped low-income housing tax credits and gap financing sourced through the US Department of Housing and Urban Developments HOME Investment Partnerships program and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program , as well as local tax revenue, mean that only a limited number of projects will move forward in any year.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

The Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority leveraged the improvements at Summit Lake Park to secure a Choice Neighborhoods planning grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Most importantly, the team has elevated a new generation of diverse leaders who are contributing new energy to Akron’s civic spaces.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

4 This enormous pool of capital could and should be invested in things that benefit workers and their communities, like affordable housing, renewable energy, and a just transition in terms of combating climate change. 9 By shifting investments, we can free up capital to invest in things for the common good.